Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As one of the 13 original colonies and the birthplace of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts has cemented its role as a ...

Globalization, migration, climate change and war—nation states are currently under huge pressure on many fronts. Understanding the forces that initially drove the emergence of states across the world ...

The cultivation of cereal grains probably led to the emergence of the first states – which operated mafia-like protection rackets − and to the adoption of writing for the purposes of recording taxes.

Well, next, we look at the first, at the history of the first California state legislature, the issue that divided them, and why we know so much about the first session. This week marks 176 years ...