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.
30 years ago, the German people ended the life of the Berlin Wall.
The University of Texas at San Antonio (USTA) has an Institute for Texan Cultures (ITC).
Step inside one of the world's most famous clocks and learn some very interesting facts about its 13-ton "Big Ben" bell.
HMS Hood was 860 feet long and weighed 48,000 tons.
Bismarck- Germany's fantastic new battleship - was heading for the Atlantic, via the Baltic, since her officers thought that would be a safer route.
In May of 1941, Germany dispatches its formidable new battleship, called the Bismarck, to interfere with - and sink - convoys en route to Britain.
In the fourteenth century, bubonic plague swept through Europe, decimating the population.
A military operation in Mogadishu, Somalia, goes terribly wrong when people on the ground shoot-down two Black Hawk helicopters. Thereafter a street b...
Near the source of the Blue Nile, people still use boats, made of papyrus reeds, which are based on an ancient design.
Iron-Age mummies, naturally formed in peat bogs thousands of years ago, provide evidence of life during ancient times.
While in Egypt, Napoleons army found the Rosetta Stone, leading to decryption of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Ending his marriage to Josephine, Napoleon married Marie Louise of Austria.
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