This weighted population map shows every country in the world by the size ... the rivers that have been so important to the Middle East's history, and the world's: the Nile in Egypt, the Tigris ...

Borders are more than just lines on a map,they’re the product of centuries of history, conflict, and political evolution.

Sometime before 12,000 years ago, nomadic hunter-gatherers in the Middle East made one of the most important transitions in human history: they began staying put and took to farming. A pair of ...