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.
After Xerxes demanded that Leonidas and his men give up their arms, the Spartan king roared: "Molon Labe" (mo-lone lah-veh)! Translated into Eng...
Image of a map of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, depicting the location of the Leventina Valley district.
This map depicts the country of Libya, home of Simon of Cyrene (who helped Jesus carry the cross to the hill of execution). Click on the image for a ...
This map depicts the location of Lima, Ohio where John Dillinger was imprisoned in the Allen County Jail during September of 1933. The Sheriff -...
Oradour-sur-Glane (the massacre village) is located in the Limousin region (of the Haute Vienne Department), France.
In January of 793, Vikings invaded the area of Lindisfarne Island (look just south of latitude 56, longitude 2 west in this map). Terrified monk...
Image of a map of Ancient Greece depicting the location of Elis on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
This map, based on Google Earth, depicts the location of Stageira. The ancient town, now mostly in ruins, was the birthplace of Aristotle - the ...
This extract, from Appendix F in Edward Payson Evan's book The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, reflects the prosecution of loc...
This image depicts the back-cover of Lucy Pringle's book on Crop Circles: The Greatest Mystery of Modern Times. Ms. Pringle is Britain's top in...
Florence is located northeast of Siena, Italy, as depicted in this map of Italy. Note the location of Venice - to the north, on the Adriatic Sea...
This map depicts the location of Halicarnassus, on the Aegean Sea. Today, the city is known as Bodrum, Turkey. It was the home of Herodotu...
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