The history of Greenland is a history of life under extreme Arctic conditions: currently, an ice cap covers about 80 percent of the island, restricting human activity largely to the coasts.. The first humans are thought to have arrived in Greenland around 2500 BC. Their descendants apparently died out and were succeeded by several other groups …
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan, geographical and historical treatment of Azerbaijan, including maps, statistics, and a survey of its people, economy, and government.
At Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, History is Fun! Take a journey of historic proportions at Jamestown Settlement and the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown – two living-history museums that explore the story of America’s beginnings, from the founding of America’s first permanent English colony …
History of Jamestown, Virginia, settled in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London.
What motivated the Europeans in their initial settlements? • How did the European nations differ in their vision of a successful settlement?
Historical Highlights This timeline provides an overview for the first 122 years of the Henry Street Settlement’s history. 1893 Lillian Wald “settles in” on the Lower East Side to care for the poor. Wald’s philosophy establishes Henry Street as a national leader in service to ren, families, and the poor. 1895 Wald moves to 265
Nez Percé – History, Modern era, Settlement patterns, Acculturation and Assimilation Le-Pa
The Siberian taiga in the Abakan district. Six members of the Lykov family lived in this remote wilderness for more than 40 years—utterly isolated and more than 150 miles from the nearest human settlement.
The first colonists to Maryland arrive at St. Clement’s Island on Maryland’s western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary’s.In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him…
The History of Russia begins with that of the East Slavs. The traditional beginning of Russian history is 862 A.D. Kievan Rus’, the first united Eastern Slavic state, was founded in 882.The state adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, beginning with the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Orthodox …
