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 video clip is one of the trailers for Cold Mountain, a 2003 film directed by Anthony Minghella, based on the book by Charles Frazier.
The Roman Colosseum was an engineering feat for its day.
Combat, at the time of the battle of Thermopylae, was hand-to- hand.
When invading Spaniards conquered the Incas, who were living in South America, their actions led to one of history's turning points. To...
What's inside the Earth?
To explain how continental drift occurs, scientists have developed the theory of plate tectonics (or, plate structure).
Young children were trapped in the wreckage of Coventry, following a massive bombing by Germany during the evening/morning of November 14/15, 1940.
The Nazi's bombed Coventry to brea morale, learn why it did not work.
As Nazi bombs arrived over Coventry, the onslaught began with fire bombs.
Beginning on 14 November 1940, the British town of Coventry was decimated by "The Blitz." How did this impact the confidence of Coventry's residents (...
This animation depicts the remnants of an exploded supernova, known as the Crab Nebula.
This video close-up, of the Crab Nebula, combines the images of three space telescopes: Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra.
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