with its ships accounting for over 40% of the European slave trade from Africa to the New World. There was no single reason for Liverpool's dramatic growth. By 1700, ties with the American ...

Stuart monarchs were repeatedly challenged by dangerous threats – a gunpowder plot, a civil war and political revolution. As ...

Steel tools and woven cloth were among the European goods, while beaver pelts and corn were ... There were numerous forces at work in England starting in the 1600s and going into the 1700s. Including ...

A nice cup of tea is known to work miracles after a busy day, but new research suggests the drink may have saved lives in the 1700s. Experts found the rise in popularity of tea was linked to a ...

Berlin: Most people dread a letter from the tax office. So spare a thought for the German man who got 1,700 of them. In an ...

A city in eastern Croatia has built one of Europe's longest riverfront walkways, stretching for 6.5 miles along the Drava ...

The AWS frequency band has two parts, one near 1700 MHz and another near 2100 MHz. To avoid confusion with Europe's (quite different) "2100" band, Phone Scoop refers to AWS simply by the 1700 part ...

The cocaine discovered in Germany was hidden in more than 1,700 tins of wall filler Customs ... which had entered Europe on a container ship from Paraguay. Customs officers decided to take a ...

The rise of online shopping has led to swathes of store closures, casting doubt over the future of retail malls and high streets, but in Europe there are signs that shops are back in vogue and are ...

Florida officials recently announced the discovery of two 18th-century "onion glasses" found in waters outside of the Sunshine State. The Florida Division of Historical Resources announced the ...

SRINAGAR: With the improvement in ground situation and decline in militancy, the first-ever international marathon was held ...