In this video I talk about how North Italy is very different from the South in a number of indicators such as GDP, industry, ...

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

The wheels fell off the bus when I asked ChatGPT to turn its text analysis into an easy-to-read map.

One of the most famous artworks of the ancient world reads almost like a map of the Roman Empire's power.

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Meanwhile, Western banks get hammered for clerical errors. They face billion-dollar fines for KYC failures while Chinese underground networks move oceans of dirty money without consequence. It’s an ...

More than a hot spot for buzzy restaurants and boba shops, this neighborhood reflects the legacy of Japanese immigrants.

Whoever does not control their energy has no homeland. They have territory.” The energy world and the new colonialism Energy is not just electricity, nor ...

More than a century after the guns went silent, The World in Maps is highlighting the human cost of World War I. Marked in ...

The most cursory experience with Greek School in the Diaspora, or the Greek educational system undoubtedly references the ...