Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
In January of 793, Vikings invaded the area of Lindisfarne Island (look just south of latitude 56, longitude 2 west in this map). Terrified monk...
This map, based on Google Earth, depicts the location of Stageira. The ancient town, now mostly in ruins, was the birthplace of Aristotle - the ...
This extract, from Appendix F in Edward Payson Evan's book The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, reflects the prosecution of loc...
Image from the British Law Courts Report by Lord Mersey. Click on the image for a better view.
The following summarizes conversations between diplomats during the immediate time before Pearl Harbor was bombed. SUMMARY OF THE HULL-NOMURA CONVE...
This map depicts the location of Halicarnassus, on the Aegean Sea. Today, the city is known as Bodrum, Turkey. It was the home of Herodotu...
This map depicts the location of Kent, in southeastern England. The county - known as "The Garden of England" - is located east of London. Clic...
This image depicts a formal document, signed by Mary, Queen of Scots and her new husband, Henry Stuart (Lord Darnley). The document says, among other...
Did people around the world know what the Nazis were doing in Poland before the end of the war? In 1942, the Polish government-in-exile sent a pamphle...
This extract, from Appendix F in E.P. Evan's book The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, reflects the prosecution of May Bugs (Co...
This image depicts a French-language book about La Bête, the Beast of Gevaudan. The story remains very popular in France. This book is an ...
This table is the first of twenty-five similar tables summarizing court cases in which animals were tried as criminal defendants. The first comp...
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