Two distinct and conflicting forms of nationalism – civic and ethnic – helped create the nation-states of Europe ...

However, 100 million years ago the world’s landmasses were incomprehensible when compared to modern maps. For the tens of millions of years ... immediately after the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).

The answer to that question is the contributions of one Victor Marie Hugo. Of all the mad lads in history, Hugo was perhaps one of the maddest … and it’s hard to find other singular words to describe ...

The State of California quietly celebrated its 174th birthday Monday, unlike its neighbor to the east who has a holiday and big parade to mark the occasion. California was admitted to the United ...

A pub which was once the last one in a village in Kent, and which residents raised £40,000 towards trying to save, is to be ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

In one of the deadliest cult-related massacres ever, the remains of more than 430 victims have been recovered since police raided Good News International Church in a forest some 70 kilometers (40 ...

Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between ...

Mary Steinmesch's fine map of St. Louis from 1932 is especially notable for the drawings of buildings or events on its ...

It is a pretty exciting time for pears.' Heirloom pears, both European and Maine varieties, are beginning to get attention in ...