MOT 1948: WORLD MAP: Illustrated map of world, ZI Toward Mediterranean. Circle highlighting portion Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Egypt & Libya, Circle highlight moving over Western Europe, over U.S., Arrows west labeled 'Japan',...

Sometimes, friendship isn't forever. At the conclusion of World War II, the old structures of power were a shambles. The traditional European powers were greatly weakened by years of total war and widespread destruction. The USSR was...

How does this map help us understand what Christopher Columbus did? What is interesting yet useful about the other mysterious map?<br/>
Maps That Made America, Part 5

With fantastic new maps that show interactive, visual representations of urban fragility, Robert Muggah articulates an ancient but resurging idea: cities shouldn't just be the center of economics -- they should also be the foundation of...

The Northern Hemisphere over the past 30 years has seen an increase in the amount of land area experiencing what NASA scientists define as "extremely hot" summer temperatures, according to a new analysis led by James Hansen at...

Once upon a time, for thousands of years, the human beings on two continents, Europe and North America, just ignored each other. Then, in the late 980s, a group known as the Norsemen, more famously known as Vikings, left Iceland, heading...

This video shows every battle referenced on Wikipedia (10,624). Every battle is represented by a dot. Dots stay on the map for a while and then disappear. List of every battle on