Several sites along the Natchitoches Trace have been labeled as a persistent place, which is to say a place that has been ...

It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.

The history of Portugal is rich, complex, and deeply rooted in the early history of the Iberian Peninsula. In this video, we ...

Fort Kochi has always been a mix of cultures. The Dutch, British, Portuguese, and Jews. Their influence extends to everything ...

The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the continent's forests.

In a sense she was right. The new kind of mega-fire that broke out in the highlands of central Portugal on June 17, 2017, was the perfect firestorm brewed when an increasingly unstable atmosphere ...

The Maratha Empire map illustrates the extensive territories Shivaji Maharaj unified and governed through his remarkable leadership and strategic conquests. By 1645, the Shivaji Maharaj’s Maratha ...

"Viva Portugal! Viva Salazar!" roared the crowd of 80,000 jamming the dock area in Lisbon. Jet fighters of the Portuguese air force whined overhead, tugboats and pleasure craft blew ...

Henry the Navigator, a Portuguese prince from the 15th century, is often remembered for his role in the early days of the Age of Discovery.Although he wasn’t a sailor himself, he played a crucial part ...

Dan tells the epic story of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, whose daring voyages at the turn of the 16th century laid the foundations for the Portuguese Empire. From navigating treacherous ...

In a fascinating blend of ancient history and modern design, statistics student Sasha Trubetskoy has visualized the Roman roads of Portugal and Spain as a subway map. This innovative project not only ...

From the expansive Mauryan Empire, which laid the brass tacks for a unified India, to the culturally rich Gupta Empire, ... Map of Asia as per the Portuguese (Image: Wikimedia Commons) The 8th-century ...