The 1930s and 1940s were a quieter period for land acquisition, but in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, as Edmonton spread out, ...

The area which formed Sumer started at the Persian Gulf and reached north to the 'neck' of Mesopotamia where the two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates meander much closer to each other. To the east ...

The name Aria is a variation of Arya, usually shown as Aria (Latin), Areia (close to the Greek spelling), Haraiva (Persian), or Haraeuua (Avestan). The Areioi (or Arii) tribe mentioned by Herodotus ...

Like many of their neighbours in the south-east, the Cantii were Belgic people from the North Sea or Baltic coastline, part of the third wave of Celtic settlers in Britain. They formed a recognisable ...

At the time of his death in 1749, Maratha emperor Shahu appointed a Peshwa (chief minister) as head of state with certain conditions that he must follow. The Peshwas became the de facto leaders of the ...

Centred on eastern Syria and northern Mesopotamia, geographically-speaking the Hurrians were situated amongst much better-attested ancient peoples. The Assyrians were immediately to the east. To the ...

The country of Wales (or Cymru in the Welsh language) did not exist as a concept until the unconquered British were eventually hemmed into the westernmost regions of the country by the invading Angles ...

With the expulsion of Roman officials in AD 409 (see feature link), Britain again became independent of Rome and was not re-occupied. The fragmentation which had begun to emerge towards the end of the ...

The Roman empire had been unofficially created in the late first century BC when Octavian assumed the position of 'first citizen', essentially emperor by another name. The empire endured through thick ...