It was 1838 when Welsh immigrant David Jones opened a small shop selling fabrics, silks and other goods on the corner of George and Barrack streets in Sydney.Little did he know his small shop would grow into one of Australia's…
Angola is a young country of 36.6 million people, and its 2024 census is the first in a decade. This guide explains who lives there and how. The Angola population reached 36,604,681 people in the final results of the 2024 census, Angola’s National Institute…
Explore the past and discover which year you'd choose to revisit (or visit for the first time!) Which year would you go back to? Whether you lived through it or not!
During the summer of 1983, six Montpelier High School students under the direction of art teacher Barbara Austin painted an “architectonic” mural on a blank wall at the back of the Capitol Stationers building at 27–29 Main Street. Then and Now, Nov.
SOUTH AFRICA · JOHANNESBURG South Africa’s biggest city began as a gold camp in 1886 and votes for a new council on 4 November 2026. Here is how it works. This Johannesburg city guide explains South Africa’s largest city for a reader who has…
The first thing you notice is the eyes, the uncertainty, the exhaustion. The next thing you notice is the history, the way every past holds layers. Nothing is new, but everything looks unsettled. Still, as ugly as it sounds, glimmers…
Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to host five megacities with populations exceeding 10 million residents by 2050, as the region's overall urban population nearly doubles to 1.7 billion. Data from the World Bank indicates that Angola's capital city, Luanda, will overtake Nigeria's commercial hub,…
Find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them. [ Coins from the Chew Valley Hoard, image © South West Heritage Trust] The exhibition marks a milestone for The Roman…
It's not easy to extract iron from its ore. But the peoples of the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe — the capital of a thriving kingdom in southern Africa between 1000 to 1700 AD — were masters. At sites near the city's stone ruins,…
The once-booming coal mining industry in southeast Kansas is long gone, but the legacy of striking miners and pioneering women protesters lives on through workplace regulations that are still in place today. From about 1885 to 1930, southeast Kansas was one of…
Markets, firms, work, regulation, and globalization across centuries.
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