A Brief History of the United States of America
Europeans ArriveThe area today known as the United States has been inhabited since prehistoric times by Native American peoples often referred to as Indians or Plains Indians. From the late…
A Brief History of Malta
A Brief History of MaltaThere is nothing brief about the History of Malta! As an island nation (actually it is three islands), it has always been insufficiently large to withstand…
A Brief History of Jersey
Jersey HistoryAs so often with small island nations, they are subjected to the whims and desires of other. Bigger nations covet them as possessions and so small nations have to…
A Brief History of Italy
Italy's First CivilisationItaly has been the home of some great civilisations, the first being the Etruscans in about 800 BC. They built cities in central Italy that still exist like…
A Brief History of the Faroe Islands
Early Settlement Archaeological evidence shows that there people living on the Faroe Islands in the period between 400 and 800 AD. However, Faroe Islands history starts with the known occupation…
A Brief History of the Falklands
Early Falkland Islands HistoryAlthough Fuegians from Patagonia may have visited the Falkland Islands in prehistoric times, the islands were uninhabited at the time of their discovery by Europeans. So there…
A Brief History of Cyprus
The Island of Cyprus is renowned for very early human activity from around the 10th millennium BC. It also has archaeological remains from the Neolithic period. And it is the home…
A Brief History of Canada
The Origins of the Canadian StateCanada may be thought of as a modern state but Canadian History goes back much further. The area now called Canada has been inhabited for…
A Brief History of Belgium
The Country that is today called Belgium is, effectively, constructed from two very different communities - Dutch and French - that have found themselves united into a single nation largely…
A Brief History of Anguilla
Early History The History of Anguilla goes back a surprisingly long way. The Island was first settled by indigenous tribes who migrated from South America around 1300 BC. The date of…