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Learn about the history, design, and impact of the network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. The article covers the origins of the system, the federal funding and standards, the numbering scheme, and the current status and challenges of the Interstate Highway System.
A comprehensive list of countries that participated or were affected by World War II, with a brief description of their role in the conflict. Learn about the Axis powers, the Allied powers, the neutral powers, and the countries that changed sides or joined later.
Learn about the history, functions, and operations of the U.S. civilian mariners and vessels that transport goods and services in and out of the U.S. waters. Find out how the Merchant Marine can be an auxiliary to the U.S. Navy in times of war and how it is governed by international conventions.
The Hanseatic League was a confederation of merchant guilds and towns in Central and Northern Europe that dominated trade in the North and Baltic Seas from the 13th to the 16th century. The term "hanseatic" means a society of merchants or a trader guild in Middle Low German.
Liberia is a West African country founded by American settlers in the 19th century. It is the first African republic to declare independence and has a long and turbulent history of civil wars, dictatorships, and human rights violations.
Hezbollah is a political party and paramilitary group in Lebanon, founded in 1985 with Iranian support. It has fought against Israel and other opponents, and participates in Lebanese politics and the Axis of Resistance.
The East India Company was a British joint-stock company founded in 1600 to trade in the Indian Ocean region. It became a powerful and influential entity that ruled large parts of South Asia and Hong Kong, and initiated the British Empire in the region.