From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence ... Conflict between the colonies and England was already a year old when the colonies convened a Continental Congress in Philadelphia ...

Ranging from vast confederations on the Asian steppes to colonial projects that spanned the globe, these were the biggest ...

The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to a recent video published by ...

The people of the New World, in addition to apples, soon savored Old World foods such as rice, onions and coffee. Europeans, Asians and Africans discovered Western Hemisphere flavors such as corn ...

A 13-year-old girl from Ranchi was allegedly trafficked to Lucknow on a truck and on the way, she was "raped" by its driver multiple times before being left on a roadside, police said on Monday.

When the British took control of the area in 1664, they renamed it New York, and it became one of the original 13 colonies. New York achieved statehood in 1788, with the adoption of the U.S ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A rare eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe has been discovered in the ...

A hive that housed over 40,000 bees had been inside the walls of an old farmhouse in Westbrook for decades. The family, who said the bees could have been in the walls for up to 80 years, wanted to ...

More than 50 tables of dealers buying and selling cards and memorabilia. Proceeds benefit homeless children. 3-8 p.m. Sept.