The volcanic island of Gran Canaria, is the third largest of the Canary Islands (off the northwest coast of Africa), but currently commands about half their population. Those visiting Gran Canaria are immediately impressed by its varied landscape – white sand beaches along its southern coast, a rural mountainous interior (especially the island’s center – […]
The volcanic island of La Gomera is among the smallest of the Canary Islands (along with El Hierro). Located off the North African coast, it has a small population of just 21,136 inhabitants. La Gomera was colonized by the Spanish crown in the early 1400s. The island already made history then when Christopher Columbus made […]
The volcanic island of El Hierro is the smallest of the Canary Islands (at just 268 square kilometers, with a population of just 10,798 inhabitants). This island was colonized in the early 1400s by the same explorer (Jean de Bethencourt) who also founded the neighboring Canary Island of Fuerteventura on behalf of the Spanish crown. […]
The former Yugoslavian republic of Croatia has a history that goes back to the days when portions of that country were made part of the Roman Empire as the province of Illyricum (c 32 BC). After that Empire’s fall, the country eventually became the Kingdom of Croatia (925-1102 AD) – the origin of its current […]
The eastern Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, which is south of Turkey and west of Syria, has a history that goes back to Ancient Greece, with waves of Greek settlers arriving there. No doubt, due to its proximate location to the Middle East, it went through periods of invasion by nearby Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians, Romans, […]
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The country known as Wales has a national identity which goes back before medieval times – after the Romans took over the country by AD 78 and introduced Christianity afterwards. By the time the Romans withdrew from Britain in the 5th century AD, Wales was emerging as a Celtic British country. With periodic Viking raids […]
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The United Kingdom (UK) as we know it today began in 1707, with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland. Wales also became a part of that union, and Northern Ireland became part of the UK after Ireland got its independence from British rule in 1922. England’s union with Scotland was remarkable, […]
Czech Republic, located in central Europe, is a young country that was formed after the withdrawal of Soviet forces from there (known up until the 1990s as Czechoslovakia). A look at the local landscape confirms that it actually has a long history. The land now known as Czech Republic was once part of the Holy […]