Society

Nomadic pastoralists can still be seen in several countries with vast areas covered by deserts.

January 22, 2019 15:56

Arabic is the most spoken language in the Middle East.

January 22, 2019 15:38

Jerusalem suffered many attacks by foreign invaders during its centuries of history.

January 21, 2019 17:57

The US has the highest number of Miss Universe title winners.

January 21, 2019 17:15

Swaziland, Lesotho, and Botswana are the countries with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS worldwide.

January 21, 2019 12:51

Many religions were born in the Middle East.

January 18, 2019 15:26

The culture of San Marino is strongly influenced by Italian culture.

January 18, 2019 14:59

Following a massive artillery barrage, UN forces severed Communist supply lines and retook Seoul from the North Koreans.

January 17, 2019 15:13

Barrack Obama served as the first African-American present of the United States.

January 17, 2019 14:42

1 in 9 Guatemalans belong to this subgroup of the Mayan people who speak their own K'iche' language.

January 17, 2019 14:35

Germany has an extensive culture that spans among almost all of the nations that speak German.

January 17, 2019 13:02

In Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Brunei, the term is often used to refer to small rural villages and, less frequently, certain kinds of urban slums.

January 17, 2019 11:43

Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar business and one of the fastest-growing illegal industries.

January 17, 2019 11:43

The Union commander was a slaveholder, while the Confederate commander was not, at the war's onset. But that trivial tidbit fails to tell the whole story!

January 17, 2019 11:05

The US Arguably lost or drew each of these conflicts... at least according to some accounts!

January 17, 2019 10:50

The Tagalog people are a large minority ethnic group in the Philippines, many of whom speak their own Tagalog language.

January 16, 2019 17:46

Most of this Mongol group lives in the Russian Siberian federal subject of Buryatia, where some still practice traditional nomadic ways, while others are more modern.

January 16, 2019 17:24

Traditional preferences for large families, minimal female rights and education outlets, and poor healthcare infrastructure worsen population strains in these places.

January 16, 2019 17:10

The culture of Sao Tome And Principe is influenced by Portuguese and African cultures.

January 16, 2019 15:06

The culture of Niger is a blend of cultures of its various ethnic groups.

January 16, 2019 14:37