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Battle of Stone River, lithographic print by Kurz & Allison, c. 1891. The Battle of Stones River (misspelled here in the print), otherwise known as the Second Battle of Murfreesboro, was an American Civil War engagement...

Boats transporting slabs of rock salt on the Niger River delta, Mopti, Mali. The salt comes from ancient mines in the Sahara desert.

A photograph of a Belgian steamship on the Congo River near Boma in the Belgian Congo. Congolese are shown carrying goods or ballast to the ship. Taken from a 1912 postcard.

Semiramis is the semi-divine Warrior-Queen of Assyria, whose reign is most clearly documented by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (l. 90-30 BCE) in his great work Bibliotheca Historica ("Historical...

Steep Falls, Saco River, Maine. One of the best-known "Indian Curses" is the curse of the Saco River in modern-day Maine. According to one version of the legend, a native chief named Squandro lost his infant son (and in some...

The Battle of Fort Henry (6 February 1862) is often referenced as the first major Union victory in the Western theater of the American Civil War, but it was not. The first major Union...

Lower River Battery at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, photograph by Hal Jespersen, February 2006. Shown here is part of the Lower River Battery at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, which is the historic site of the Battle...

In Roman mythology, Romulus and his twin brother Remus were the founders of the city of Rome. They were the children of Rhea Silvia and Mars (or in some variations the demi-god hero Hercules) and their story is recorded by many...

An aerial view of Gao and the Niger River in Mali, West Africa. The river and trade along it were fundamental in the rise of African empires such as the Mali Empire (1240-1645 CE). Photo Credit: UN Photo/Harandane Dicko

An illustrated map of the ancient Fertile Crescent, 3500-500 BCE. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.