Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

Nepal’s government faced major challenges conserving the fertile flood plains of the country’s south. The region is the ...

Lloyd's of London Building / Richard Rogers. Image © Diliff, via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 3.0 The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) headquarters, designed by the UK-based ...

With stories from around the world ... by two or more political entities, water crosses a border, and an upstream state will try to deprive a downstream state of water. And there are many, many ...

(See Map 1) India is ... Sea by the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. It is likely that overland caravan routes in West Asia were also active corridors for transporting goods. A part of King Sargon’s ...

We looked at the Atrato on maps and found out about where it was in the world, so the next thing we did was look at our own River Clyde. Most pupils were only familiar with the section nearby and had ...

Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...

Take a flight high above the breathtaking charm of Mardin, a Turkish gem perched above the Tigris River. This stunning drone footage, showcases its historic stone architecture, terraced streets, and ...

For the first time since 2019, there is a tie at the top of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings. With a joint ranking of 128, City of Troy and Laurel River share the title of 2024 ...