In the 7th century Christianity retreated under the advance of Islam. But it remained the chosen religion of the Ethiopian Empire and persisted in pockets in North Africa. In the 15th century ...

The world map we know today owes its shape to the daring exploits of explorers who ventured into uncharted territories, ...

African slavery was more akin to European serfdom --the condition of most Europeans in the 15th century. In the Ashanti Kingdom of West Africa, for example, slaves could marry, own property and ...

The road’s heyday ended around the 15th Century ... In 5th Century Ghana routes unfurled across the Sahara Desert, to trade salt – abundant in north-west Africa, including present-day Morocco ...

But this interest in the sagas only took off during the 16th and 17th centuries—long after the purported mid-15th-century ... while the Bianco Map helped fill in Asia and Africa.

Starting in the medieval period, a series of powerful kingdoms developed in West Africa. These West African ... depicted the Obas and Iyobas. The 15th century also saw the rise of the Songhai ...

Every now and again, an exhibition comes along that is so epic in scale and astonishing in ambition that it transforms the ...

Colonial landmarks are also shown in West Africa ... by AKG/Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first ...

In the battle of maps, Beijing will only show again their purported 15th century maps as evidence of their “nine-dash-line” historical claims of the SCS.

Located in the Old Town Square, the Prague Astronomical Clock has been around since the 15th century, though it has required repairs many times over its history. This clock doesn't display the ...

Watch the reveal trailer for Homini et Armi: The End of Knights to learn about this upcoming turn-based tactical game from the creators of Kien and Etrom, inspired by 15th-century economic ...