The arrival of Father Christmas each December was a yearly highlight for children living along the Trans-Australian Railway. When Commonwealth Railways completed the Trans-Australian Railway in 1917, ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Matthew J. Smith, director of the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London, about the commonwealth's complicated history. The ...

Queen Elizabeth II during her Jubilee tour in Jamaica, a Commonwealth country, in February 2022.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images The Commonwealth was born out of the British Empire, ...

The Commonwealth may not be well-known stateside, but elsewhere, it's been a force in international relations for going on a century. Below, the colonial history of the voluntary association, its ...

William Godwin's History of the Commonwealth of England (1824-28) is usually considered solely in relation to its representation of the English Revolution and Civil War, and its engagement or ...

It evolved gradually over the course of the 20th century, making it difficult to pinpoint a precise starting date. Also, it operates more on precedent than formal agreements leading to further ...

After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, its history textbooks have been rewritten several times in order to conform to the new major Lithuanian historical narrative. This article analyses ...

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