History Vietnam has a history as rich and evocative as anywhere on the planet. Sure, the American War in Vietnam captured the attention of the West, but centuries before that Vietnam was scrapping with the Chinese, the Khmers, the Chams and the Mongols. Vietnamese civilisation is as sophisticated as that of its mighty northern neighbour China,

History China’s history is rich with art, politics, science, and philosophy. It is home to the oldest of the major world civilizations. China was ruled by various dynasties for much of its history. The first dynasty is believed to be the Xia dynasty which formed somewhere around 2250 BC. The Shang or Yin dynasty gained

History Much of the period between the first Roman invasion in 55 BC and the death of Henry VIII in 1547 was spent in warfare – Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions were followed by the Norman Conquest in 1066. The Hundred Years’ War dominated the 14th and 15th centuries and, scarely had it ended, aristocratic rivalries

History Ancient history and settlement. The first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times around 30,000 BC. The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi people in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia. During this period, the first known written reference to Japan was recorded in the Chinese Book of

History The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BCE. By the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors began to colonize the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony between 1540 and 1818, when it gained independence from Spain. The country’s economic development was successively marked by the export of first agricultural produce, then saltpeter and later copper.  The

History Julius Caesar found the low-lying Netherlands inhabited by Germanic tribes?the Nervii, Frisii, and Batavi. The Batavi on the Roman frontier did not submit to Rome’s rule until 13 B.C., and then only as allies. The Franks controlled the region from the 4th to the 8th century, and it became part of Charlemagne’s empire in the