In 1795, the last of a series of partitions effectively wiped Poland off the map of Europe. Naturally the country and its citizens didn't vanish altogether, and the so-called 'Polish question' was an ...

By this time it was very much an artifact, its contents out of date, but the map was still considered valuable. In the mid-19th century the ... magnificent reminder of Europe’s first efforts ...

Learn why drastic drops in temperature sent European hunter-gathers in search of a warmer place to live.

The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.