Western sahara: Did you mean...?

The trench warfare of the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18) involved soldiers living and dying in an awful mix of mud, filth, and barbed wire. Trench systems became more sophisticated in layout...

As the cradle of European civilization and a meeting place of diverse cultures, Crete is a magical island that stands apart in the heart of the Mediterranean sea. Its prominent place in world history...

Timbuktu (Timbuctoo) is a city in Mali, West Africa which was an important trade centre of the Mali Empire which flourished between the 13th and 15th centuries. The city, founded c. 1100, gained wealth from...

The Western Front (1914–1918) was the central and most industrialized theater of the First World War, emerging from Germany’s initial invasion of Belgium and northern France in August 1914 under Kaiser...

The disintegration of the Western Roman Empire unfolded gradually during the Migration Period (c. 400–800 CE), as waves of migrating and invading peoples reshaped Europe. After the death of Theodosius...

The map show the political situation within the western regions of the Mediterranean after the deposition of the last Western emperor, Romolus Augustulus, by Odoacer, the commander of the Italian...

Around 1065, the geopolitical landscape of North Africa and the western Mediterranean was marked by fragmentation, migration, and the rise of new regional powers...

Trench warfare on WWI's Western Front (1914–1918) emerged from a strategic stalemate between industrialized armies whose defensive firepower outpaced offensive mobility. After the failure of rapid war plans...

This map shows the division of the Roman Empire into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, circa 395 CE under the reign of Emperor Theodosius I.

An aerial view of trenches on the Western Front in 1916 during the First World War (1914-18). The upper line shows British trenches and the lower line German ones. Location: east of Picantin and Tilleloy...