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.
This map depicts Attila's lengthy route of conquest across Europe. It also shows the migration and conquest of other invaders. Click on the map...
Bookcover image of Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict, 1941-45, by Alan Clark.
This map depicts the location of Northern Ireland and its capital, Belfast. Click on the image for a better view.
Image of a map of Italy, depicting the location of Bologna.
This map depicts the extent of British control on the Indian subcontinent in 1860. The time of British ascendancy was known as "The Raj." Click...
Image of a map of West Flanders, in Belgium, depicting today's location of Bruges. Click on the image for a clearer view.
A sixteenth-century warning system (which extended throughout Britain) was used to signal impending danger. Historians believe it would take abo...
Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, by Stephen W. Sears. Amazon provides an overview of this acclaimed book: Sears describes the series of cont...
County Antrim (called Contae Aontroma in Irish) is depicted above in light green. It is one of six provinces which constitute Northern Ireland.&...
This is the location of County Down, in Northern Ireland. It has a great deal of history associated with St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.
A detailed map of Somalia.
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