Human existence, our beginnings, trace back to Africa. For over a million years, we have traveled within and away from our homeland. Those travels have built upon one another and created our modern cultures. In this section, we explore the basics of the peoples and places that are the foundations of human history and pre-history. We seek to understand them. For by knowing them, we begin to know ourselves.
Afghanistan – A Place
Afghanistan is officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. It is a country in central Asia ... Read More
Albania – A Place
Albania is officially the Republic of Albania. It is a country in southeastern Europe ... Read More
Algeria – A Place
Algeria is officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. It is a country in North Africa. It sits between Morocco and Tunisia. It borders the Mediterranean Sea ... Read More
Andorra – A Place
Andorra is officially the Principality of Andorra. It is a country in Southern or Southwestern Europe. Southwestern Europe. It is located in the Pyrenees mountains on the border between France and Spain ... Read More
Angola – A Place
Angola is officially the Republic of Angola. It is a country along the west coast of Middle or Southern Africa. It is located between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It borders the South Atlantic Ocean ... Read More
Antigua and Barbuda – A Place
Antigua and Barbuda is a country in the West Indies. The West Indies are part of the Caribbean. Antigua and Barbuda is made-up of two major islands and several smaller ones ... Read More
Argentina – A Place
Argentina is officially named the Argentine Republic. It is a country in South America. Located to the far south, it borders the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies between Chile and Uruguay ... Read More
Armenia – A Place
Armenia is officially the Republic of Armenia. It is a country in Western Asia or Southwestern Asia. Located, between Turkey and Azerbaijan, Armenia views itself as part of Europe. However, geo-politically, it can be classified as falling within Europe, the Middle East, or both ... Read More
Aruba – A Place
Aruba is an island in the Caribbean Sea of Central America. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Aruba has a tropical marine climate with little seasonal temperature variation. The land is open and flat with few hills. Plant growth is sparse ... Read More
Australia – A place
Australia is both a country and a continent. More broadly, it is part of Oceania. The climate of Australia is arid to semiarid. It is temperate in the south and east and tropical in the north. Most of the land is low plateau with deserts. There are fertile plains in ... Read More
Austria – A Place
Austria is a country in Western Europe. Landlocked, it shares boarders with Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland. To the west and south lie the Alps ... Read More
Azerbaijan – A Place
Azerbaijan is officially the Republic of Azerbaijan. It is a country in Western or Southwestern Asia. Some consider it part of the South Caucasus region. Bordering the Caspian Sea, it is located between Iran and Russia. There is a small European portion north of the Caucasus range ... Read More
Bahrain – A Place
Bahrain is officially the Kingdom of Bahrain. It is an island nation ... Read More
Bangladesh – A Place
Bangladesh is officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It is located in South Asia ... Read More
Barbados – A Place
Barbados is an island nation in the Caribbean. It is a British independent commonwealth ... Read More
Bedouin – A People
The Bedouin people are from around the Arabian Peninsula. They live in regions in North Africa, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan ... Read More
Belarus – A Place
Belarus is officially the Republic of Belarus. It is a country in eastern Europe ... Read More
Belgium – A Place
Belgium is a country in western Europe ... Read More
Belize – A Place
Belize is a country in Central America. It is located on the eastern coast ... Read More
Benin – A Place
Benin is a country in Western Africa. It sits between Nigeria and Togo. It borders the Bight of Benin. Other bordering nations are Burkina Faso and Niger ... Read More
Bhutan – A Place
Bhutan is officially the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is a country in South Asia ... Read More
Bolivia – A Place
Bolivia is a country in South America. Its geography includes the Andes Mountains, the Atacama Desert, and Amazon Basin rain-forest ... Read More
Bosnia and Herzegovina – A Place
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in the southeast of Europe ... Read More
Botswana – A Place
Botswana is a country in the far south of Africa. Its geography includes the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango Delta ... Read More
Brazil – A Place
Brazil is officially the Federative Republic of Brazil. It is a country in South America ... Read More
Bulgaria – A Place
Bulgaria is officially the Republic of Bulgaria. It is a country in southeastern Europe ... Read More
Burkina Faso – A Place
Burkina Faso is a country in West Africa. Most of the land is plateau ... Read More
Burundi – A Place
Burundi is officially the Republic of Burundi. It is a country in East Africa ... Read More
Cabo Verde – A Place
Cabo Verde is an island nation off the coast of Northwest Africa. It is made up of volcanic islands ... Read More
Cameroon – A Place
Cameroon is officially the Republic of Cameroon. It is a central African country on the west coastline of Africa ... Read More
Canada – A Place
Canada is a country in North America. It reaches from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This includes many habitats and climate zones ... Read More
Central African Republic – Place
Central African Republic is a country. Located in Central Africa, it has a tropical climate ... Read More
Central Europe – A Region
Central Europe is a region in Europe ... Read More
Chad – A Place
Chad is officially the Republic of Chad. It is a country in north-central Africa ... Read More
Chile – A Place
Chile is officially the Republic of Chile. It is a country in South America ... Read More
Colombia – A Place
Colombia is officially the Republic of Colombia. It is a country in South America ... Read More
Comoros – A Place
Comoros is officially the Union of the Comoros. It is an island country off the coast of Africa ... Read More
Costa Rica – A Place
Costa Rica is officially the Republic of Costa Rica. It is a country in Central America ... Read More
Croatia – A Place
Croatia is officially the Republic of Croatia. It is a country located in the south-east of Europe ... Read More
Cuba – A Place
Cuba is officially the Republic of Cuba. It is an island nation located of the coast of Central America ... Read More
Cyprus – A Place
Cyprus is officially the Republic of Cyprus. It is an island nation located in the Mediterranean sea ... Read More
Czech Republic – A Place
The Czech Republic is a country in Eastern Europe. It has a continental climate ... Read More
Democratic Republic of the Congo – A Place
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country in central Africa. It was formerly known as Zaire ... Read More
Denmark – A Place
Denmark is officially the Kingdom of Denmark. It is a country in northwestern Europe ... Read More
Dominica – A Place
Dominica is officially the Commonwealth of Dominica. It is an island nation off the coast of Central America ... Read More
Dominican Republic – A Place
The Dominican Republic is an island nation. It is located on the island of Hispaniola off the coast of Central America ... Read More
Ecuador – A Place
Ecuador is officially the Republic of Ecuador. It is a country in South America ... Read More
El Salvador – A Place
El Salvador is officially the Republic of El Salvador. It is a country in Central America ... Read More
Estonia – A Place
Estonia is officially the Republic of Estonia. It is a country in Northern Europe ... Read More
Europe – A Continent
Europe is a continent. It is located in the Northern hemisphere. It is the western part of the Eurasian super continent ... Read More
Finland – A Place
Finland is officially the Republic of Finland. It is a country in Northern Europe ... Read More
France – A Place
France is officially the French Republic. It is a country in Western Europe ... Read More
Georgia – A Place
Georgia is a country in Eastern Europe. It is located in the Caucasus region ... Read More
Germany – A Place
Germany is officially the Federal Republic of Germany. It is a country in Central and Western Europe ... Read More
Greece – A Place
Greece is officially the Hellenic Republic. It is located in Southeastern Europe ... Read More
Grenada – A Place
Grenada is an island nation. It is located on a group of islands off the coast of Central America ... Read More
Guatemala – A Place
Guatemala is officially the Republic of Guatemala. It is a country in Central America ... Read More
Guyana – A Place
Guyana is officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. It is a country in South America ... Read More
Haiti – A Place
Haiti is officially the Republic of Haiti. It is an island nation in Central America ... Read More
Honduras – A Place
Honduras is officially the Republic of Honduras. It is a country in Central America ... Read More
Hungary – A Place
Hungary is a country in Central Europe. The landscape is made up of low hills and mountains ... Read More
Iceland – A Place
Iceland is an island nation in the Atlantic ocean. It is considered part of Europe ... Read More
Ireland – A Place
Ireland is also known as the Republic of Ireland. It is an island nation in Northwestern Europe. It lies to the west of Great Britain. The Republic of Ireland occupies five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean ... Read More
Italy – A Place
Italy is officially the Italian Republic. It is a country in Southern Europe ... Read More
Kazakhstan – A Place
Kazakhstan is officially the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is a country in Central Asia ... Read More
Kosovo – A Place
Kosovo is officially the Republic of Kosovo. It is a country in Southeastern Europe ... Read More
Latvia – A Place
Latvia is officially the Republic of Latvia. It is a country in Europe ... Read More
Liechtenstein – A Place
Liechtenstein is officially the Principality of Liechtenstein. It is a country in Southern Europe ... Read More
Lithuania – A Place
Lithuania is officially the Republic of Lithuania. It is a country in Northern Europe ... Read More
Luxembourg – A Place
Luxembourg is officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is a country in Western Europe ... Read More
Macedonia – A Place
Macedonia is officially the Republic of Macedonia. It is a country in Southeastern Europe ... Read More
Maidu – A People
The Maidu are a native people from North America. They are from northern California and Nevada ... Read More
Malta – A Place
Malta is officially known as the Republic of Malta. It is a country in Southern Europe ... Read More
Mexico – A Place
Mexico is officially the United Mexican States. It is a country in North America ... Read More
Moldova – A Place
Moldova is officially the Republic of Moldova. It is a country in Eastern Europe ... Read More
Monaco – A Place
Monaco is officially the Principality of Monaco. It is a country in Western Europe ... Read More
Montenegro – A Place
Montenegro is a country in Europe. Located on the western Balkan Peninsula, much of the country is high mountain peaks ... Read More
Netherlands – A Place
Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe. It has a mild maritime climate ... Read More
Nicaragua – A Place
Nicaragua is officially the Republic of Nicaragua. It is a country in Central America ... Read More
Northeastern Europe – A Region
Northeastern Europe is a region in Europe. It is also known as the Baltic region ... Read More
Northern Europe – A Region
Northern Europe is a region of Europe. It is made up of all or part of the following countries ... Read More
Northwestern Europe – A Region
Northwestern Europe is a region in Europe ... Read More
Norway – A Place
Norway is officially the Kingdom of Norway. It is a country in Northwestern Europe ... Read More
Palau – A Place
Palau is officially the Republic of Palau. It is a country in the western Pacific Ocean ... Read More
Panama – A Place
Panama is officially the Republic of Panama. It is a country in Central America ... Read More
Paraguay – A Place
Paraguay is officially the Republic of Paraguay. It is a country in South America ... Read More
Peru – A Place
Peru is officially the Republic of Peru. It is a country in South America ... Read More
Poland – A Place
Poland is officially the Republic of Poland. It is a country in Europe ... Read More
Portugal – A Place
Portugal is officially the Portuguese Republic. It is a country in Southwestern Europe ... Read More
Romania – A Place
Romania is a country located in Europe. It has a temperate-continental climate ... Read More
Russia – A Place
Russia is officially the Russian Federation. It is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia ... Read More
Saint Kitts and Nevis – A Place
Saint Kitts and Nevis is an island nation. It is located in the West Indies off the coast of Central America ... Read More
Saint Lucia – A Place
Saint Lucia is an island nation. It is located in the West Indies off the coast of Central America ... Read More
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – A Place
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation. It is located in the West Indies ... Read More
Samoa – A Place
Samoa is an island nation in the central region of the South Pacific Ocean. The two main islands are Savai’i and Upolu ... Read More
San Marino – A Place
San Marino is officially the Republic of San Marino. It is a country in Southern Europe ... Read More
Serbia – A Place
Serbia is officially the Republic of Serbia. It is a country located in Central and Southeast Europe ... Read More
Slovakia – A Place
Slovakia is officially the Slovak Republic. It is a country in Central Europe ... Read More
Slovenia – A Place
Slovenia is officially the Republic of Slovenia. It is a country in Southern Europe ... Read More
Solomon Islands – A Place
Solomon Islands is a nation in the Melanesian region of the South Pacific Ocean ... Read More
Spain – A Place
Spain is officially the Kingdom of Spain. It is a country in Southern Europe ... Read More
Suriname – A Place
Suriname is officially known as the Republic of Suriname. It is a country in South America ... Read More
Sweden – A Place
Sweden is officially the Kingdom of Sweden. It is a country in Northern Europe ... Read More
Switzerland – A Place
Switzerland is officially the Swiss Confederation. It is a country in Central Europe ... Read More
The Bahamas – A Place
The Bahamas are officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. They are an island nation in the Caribbean. They are located southeast of North America toward Central America ... Read More
Tonga – A Place
Tonga is officially the Kingdom of Tonga. It is an island nation located on an archipelago on the South Pacific Ocean ... Read More
Trinidad and Tobago – A Place
Trinidad and Tobagois officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is a country in the West Indies ... Read More
Turkey – A Place
Turkey is officially the Republic of Turkey. It is a country in Western Asia. A small part of it falls in South Eastern Europe ... Read More
Tuvalu – A Place
Tuvalu is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It is located about halfway between Australia and Hawaii ... Read More
Ukraine – A Place
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. Most of the country enjoys a temperate climate. An exception is the area along the southern coast of Crimea ... Read More
United States of America – A Place
The United States of America is a country in North America. It is made up of 50 states plus a federal district, territories, and possessions ... Read More
Uruguay – A Place
Uruguay is officially the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. It is a country in South America ... Read More
Vanuatu – A Place
Vanuatu is officially the Republic of Vanuatu. It is an island nation located on an archipelago of ancient volcanoes in the South Pacific Ocean ... Read More
Vatican City – A Place
Vatican City is an independent city state. It is completely surrounded by the city of Rome in Italy ... Read More
Venezuela – A Place
Venezuela is officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It is a country in South America ... Read More