In Colombia’s Middle Magdalena region, a patchwork of forest corridors is linking up isolated populations of the critically ...

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

Enslaved persons, sailors, and other groups at the bottom of the colonial hierarchy of power rose up against their oppressors. These rebellions struck fear in the heart of rulers everywhere, and ...

One cannot study the history of colonial America, especially Virginia, without realizing the significance of tobacco. In 1612, John Rolfe was the first in Jamestown to grow marketable tobacco after ...

Colonies faced periods of inflation and excessive taxation, which caused great distress. Angry and frustrated American colonists revolted against the British, which led to the American Revolution ...

Rejection is hard to accept, even more so from those who seem undeserving of the upper hand. For France and its former African colonies, this has led to bruised egos and impulsive actions that ...

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the ...

Virginia: The first of the 13 American colonies, it grew wealthy from tobacco farming, thanks in part to labor from indentured servants and later enslaved people. Maryland: Founded by Lord Baltimore, ...

The Himalayan region of Kashmir, at the northernmost tip of the subcontinent, is surrounded by India, Pakistan, China and Afghanistan. Kashmir had long been a separate kingdom, at the confluence of ...