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 historical footage, shot by the Edison Company soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, depicts the widespread impact of the disast...
Government agencies predicted that tsunami waves, generated by the March 11th earthquake, could extend to California's coast (among many other places)...
This clip - depicting the impact of Japan's tsunami on ships, cars and other vehicles - reveals the extent of nature's wreckage-producing power.
The Inca Empire, in South America, lasted about a century.
70 years later, people still feel the impact of partitioning India into two countries (India and Pakistan) based on religion.
A video clip dedicated to the memory of Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart, two of the heroes of Black Hawk Down.
Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family were executed late in the evening of July 16, 1918 at the Ipatiev House.
While Iran was in a weakened economic position, due to an embargo imposed on it by the West, Iraq invaded its neighbor.
WARNING: THIS CLIP RECREATES SCENES FROM THE BATTLE FOR FREDERICKSBURG, DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
In 1900, Galveston was one of the fastest-growing cities in America.
Facing work in a new location, which has no shelter and no way to keep warm at all, Ivan Denisovich - prisoner C854 - welcomes being ill.
As the zeks endure a seemingly endless march, the sounds of their feet on the snow tell us how cold it really is.
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