All the silk roads lead to this outstanding British Museum show
The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...
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From "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America": More Division for the United States?
On Monday, 20 January 2025, it was announced that the new president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, issued an ...
'Riviera of the Middle East': what does Trump's Gaza plan mean for the region?
Suggestion that the US take over and redevelop the war-torn region, and displace its Palestinian residents, has been ...
Trump maximises leverage over Iran by squeezing where it hurts most
Leverage is the most important thing in negotiations, Donald Trump said in his book The Art Of The Deal. The US president has just maximised his leverage over Iran's government, squeezing it where it ...
Who will call it the Gulf of America? A look at this and other naming disputes
Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn't be the first body ...
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Donald Trump wants Gulf of Mexico to be renamed to Gulf of America, Google quickly agrees to make the change
US President Donald Trump says the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed to the Gulf of America. Without any protest, Google makes ...
The Street Journal5d
Gulf of America: How Google handles controversial geography
Google Maps is by far the world’s most used navigation and mapping ... the water between Saudi Arabia and Iran, known as the Persian Gulf or Arabian Gulf. Iran calls it the Persian Gulf, whereas Saudi ...
How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...
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Yes, really, it’s going to be called the Gulf of America
In a similar debate, Iran has sought to rename the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Iran. But given how long-standing the Gulf of Mexico name has been, Monmonier said he doesn’t see a logical reason to ...