(Ixtacihuatl), among others. One of the world’s youngest volcanoes,Parícutinemerged violently from the fields of Michoacán between 1943 and 1952. The region is rich in silver, lead, zinc, copper, and tin deposits. The hot, dryBalsas Depression, which takes its name from the major river ...
industry that capitalized on the world’s largest known oil reserves. Venezuela’s position in the world became more precarious during the second decade of the 21st century as a result of the controversial rule of revolutionary leaderHugo Chávez, a significant decline in the fortunes of its petro...
World War II After the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, Slovenia was partitioned. Italy took the southwest, including Ljubljana; Germany annexed the north directly into the Reich; and Hungary recovered Prekmurje. Although the Slovenes had been deemed racially salvageable by the Nazis, the mai...
The Latviansconstitutea prominent division of the ancient group of peoples known as theBalts. The first historically documented connection between the Balts and the civilization of the Mediterranean world was based on the ancientambertrade; according to the Roman historianTacitus(1st centuryce), theAe...
The expansion of the Ottoman EmpireMap showing the expansion of the Ottoman Empire from about 1300 to 1700. The empire reached its greatest extent between 1683 and 1699.(more) The Turks established their dominion over Albania just as the Renaissance began to unfold in Europe. Cut off from cont...