In 15th-century ... Motherhood in early America was even more frightening for enslaved people. Infant mortality among African and African-American enslaved people in the 18th century ranged ...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...

In the early 15th century, Zheng He, the famous Chinese navigator of the Ming Dynasty, made seven voyages to the Western Seas, which boosted trade along the maritime silk routes. For thousands of ...