AP World History

Ella Fitzgerald’s voice remains one of the most instantly recognisable sounds in the history of music. Her effortless phrasing, purity…

On a spring afternoon in 1812, the House of Commons in London was bustling with its usual chorus of footsteps,…

When most people think of England being conquered, their minds jump straight to 1066. Harold with the arrow, William with…

Spying, or espionage, is as old as civilisation itself. From ancient empires to modern nation-states, the act of gathering intelligence…

Sitting Bull remains one of the most respected and influential figures in the history of the Indigenous peoples of North…

On Christmas Eve in 1953, as families across New Zealand prepared for festive celebrations, the Wellington to Auckland express made…

The Battle of the Little Bighorn is one of the most famous clashes in American military history, a moment when…

On the morning of 26 December 2004, a day most were recovering from Christmas celebrations, a catastrophic undersea earthquake ripped…

Nestled in the rugged mountains of northern Laos lies a landscape unlike anywhere else on Earth. Spread across a series…

In the summer of 1943, the Eastern Front paused on a jagged line that curved outward around the city of…