Geography Chapters

Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.

Between 1360 and 1382, John Wycliffe and his Oxford associatestranslatethe Vulgate New Testament into English.

Xerxes has an army, the "Immortals," consisting of exactly 10,000 men at all times.

TheYeti,orAbominable Snowman, a largeape-likecreature that inhabits theHimalayanregion, may be myth or truth.

Ying Zheng unites China and becomes Qin Shi Huang-Di (the First Emperor of China).

Ying Zheng, China's first emperor unifies seven warring states even though they fight for their independence.

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