Historians say British mapmaker Bartholomew Gosnold first made a map of the island for the rulers of England in sixteen-oh-two.

VOA: special.2011.07.25

The trade was so important to national economies that rulers launched wars in their struggle to control spices.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

He included detailed drawings of maps,creatures,rulers, and even talking plants to help capture this imaginary world.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Plays about rulers like Henry the Fourth and Richard the Third explore Britain's history during a time when the country was going through tense political struggles.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Czolgosz was an anarchist. He believed all rulers were enemies of the people.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

It was written in the language of the people. The rulers of Britain at that time still spoke the Norman French they brought with them in ten sixty-six.

VOA: special.2011.01.12

Rome was later controlled by three rulers -- a triumvirate.

VOA: special.2011.02.16

Shakespeare's histories are intense explorations of actual English rulers.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

The rulers would not let girls go to school.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

But in 1830, while he was touring Europe, Poland's Russian rulers crushed an uprising, sending many Polish artists into exile.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Burma's military rulers cite ongoing fighting with ethnic insurgent groups in the country to partly justify their continued grip on power.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

But in Aslan's view, a respect for a peoples' right to select their own rulers is more important.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Noriega says maintaining sanctions will give the U.S.leverage to press Cuba's rulers to release political prisoners and grant their citizens political rights.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

Zin Linn,a spokesman for the group, said Thursday it has always encouraged dialogue with Burma's military rulers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24