The modern oil era has transformed the global economy, geopolitics, and industrial development. This video traces the rise of ...

Last Updated on July 30, 2025 by Matt Staff Throughout history, explorers have pushed the boundaries of the known world, ...

The geopolitical impact of the Arab state on the trajectory of Asian history was enormous: it swept away old states and ...

The idea that Middle East peace cannot and should not advance without a formal agreement between Israel and the Palestinian ...

The history of NATO is a powerful reflection of how international alliances shape global security. Founded in 1949 after WWII ...

After almost two years of fighting in Gaza, and after the decimation of Hizballah, the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in ...

In a sunlight-dappled room in UW-Madison’s Science Hall, between historical maps from around the planet, rests a world unlike ...

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Malta announced plans this week to recognize a Palestinian state that does not yet exist.

Getting to South Florida wasn't for the faint of heart along the rough, treacherous road called Dixie Highway that followed ...

This theory of masks posits them as a beneficial shield from the ills of the world, its judgment and retribution. See, for ...

The rugs probe the aestheticization of war and the risk of defining a country primarily by its violent past and present at ...