It may be altogether fitting and proper that the battlefield has come to this. A ragged half-block of grass surrounded by brick rowhouses, it lies between the main business district of Washington, D.C ...

A rower in an all-women team from Scotland had to be rescued during an attempt to race across the Atlantic – after becoming severely seasick. Andrena McShane-Kerr became so weak she could not lift her ...

The Muslims conquered the city with minimal bloodshed, per the prophet's instructions. Muslim tradition narrates that Muhammad and his companions visited the Ka'ba and cleared out all signs of ...

The history of the Native American Comanche tribe includes their move from ancestral homelands in Wyoming to more southerly parts - and conquering new lands. They were then in turn conquered, after ...

The fall of Babylon is a historical event that occurred in 539 BC. This event saw the conquest of Babylon by the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great and marked the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire ...