On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet ...

In 1071, a small nomadic dynasty—named the Seljuks after their founder—fought a battle against Byzantine forces under the ...

By the 6th century BCE, Cyprus was absorbed into the expanding Persian Achaemenid Empire. The Cypriot city ... renewed geopolitical competition in the 19th century. The Kamares Aqueduct was built in ...

McMaster University Libraries is partnering with the McMaster Museum of Art to host an exhibition that will feature rare books, maps, and antiquities related to . . .

Photo: Paul J. RICHARDS / AFP/File In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a ...

which provides people the chance to see county maps from as early as the 19th century, according to the Library of Virginia. In a social post from the Library of Virginia on Sunday, April 6 ...

In 1524, hundreds of thousands of peasants across Germany took up arms against their social superiors. Peter Marshall investigates the causes and consequences of the German Peasants’ War, the largest ...

This formal recognition signed at the Congress of Paris came after Russia accepted a humiliating defeat against the alliance of Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia ... characterise the ...

Despite its year-round sun, rich history and gourmet restaurants, Djerba remains mysteriously absent from UK tourists’ radars ...