Canakkale, the northwestern Turkish city on the Dardanelles straits, is presumed to hold the historic city of Troy that ...

Researchers have noticed a unique trend first documented during World War II. Various theories attempt to explain this ...

In the 1700s, there were a series of small wars ... In 1756, Bouquet joined the British Army and was sent to North America as a lieutenant colonel in the 60th Regiment of Foot.

He suspected the soldiers would soon be sent after ... With the reinforcements, the British now numbered about 1700 men, and the Americans had a similar sized force. After the tired Redcoats ...

This was the first of several famines to hit India during British rule throughout the 1700s and 1800s ... the sepoys in the East India Company’s army began a rebellion after a rumour spread ...

From 1714 until the early 19th century, there was a period known as the Georgian era in British history. The Kingdom of Hanover ... at work in England starting in the 1600s and going into the 1700s.

Well, indigo – one of the oldest vegetable dyes known – that was widely used in ancient India, Egypt and Peru was also one of the main exports of the British controlled Florida. Indigofera ...

It's also the main base for the various Army Special Forces units in Afghanistan. • Bagram also will be the main base of 1,700 British Royal Marines from the 45th Commando Group that Great ...

To win American independence, he not only had to defeat the British army; he had to defeat smallpox ... In the early to mid-1700s, Colonial Boston and Philadelphia were repeatedly hit by outbreaks ...

British Gas is inviting people to apply for grants of £1,700 if they are struggling with energy debt. Support is available from the British Gas Energy Trust - and households don't have to be ...

Households with the largest energy suppliers in the country who are in debt with their firms can now apply for grants of up to £1,700 thanks to The Individuals and Families Fund. British Gas ...