The evolution, survival and advance of any species are dependent on the available resources. Left to nature, the population of…
Fittingly for one of the most remote inhabited places on earth, an air of mystery has always surrounded Easter Island.…
At the time of the 1770 Bengal famine, the British East India Company was governing the region and the Company…
The seal of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery in England shows an African on bended knee proffering his…
Lawrence was an important mill town situated on the Merrimack River in northeastern Massachusetts. Appropriately enough, one of its grandest…
Chester in Northwest England had been an important settlement since Roman times but its status as a regional center received…
The Purity Distilling Company was an alcohol manufacturer based in the North End area of Boston, Massachusetts. A key ingredient of…
West Virginia and mining go together like coal and dust, which means the impoverished state has seen more than its…
In the 16th century the expansionist ambition of the Turkish Ottoman Empire was a major threat to the interests of…
When the ancient Persian Empire was at its height the Athenians were constantly fomenting trouble in the eastern Mediterranean. The…