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The Battle of Verdun – Longest Battle of World War 1

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The battle of Verdun is the largest and longest battle between German and French troops during the First World War on the Western Front,...
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The Battle of Trafalgar 1805 – Clash for Naval Supremacy

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The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle between the British and the French-Spanish Navy. It occurred on October 21, 1805, at Cape Trafalgar...
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From Innovation to Threat- The Russian Streltsy

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Hand-held firearms were used in the late 15th or early 16th century in Russia, but it can’t be dated more precisely because the Russian...
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The Life of Joseph Stalin (1922-1952) – The Dictator of USSR

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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin 1879 - 1953. Was a Georgian revolutionary, and Dictator of the USSR (1928-1953).  He lived a strange life, full of wars...
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Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55) – Crimean War

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The Siege of Sevastopol 1854-1855 was a siege of the Russian Port of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Sevastopol did not have a prepared...
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Ancient History

Silk Road – Connection between the East and West

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The Great Silk Road was a caravan road connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean from Ancient times into the Middle Ages. It was used...
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Serbian Campaign of World War I

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The Serbian campaign was an important front in the First World War, which lasted from July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia, until the...
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The Second French Empire (1852-1870)

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The second French empire lasted from 1852 to 1870. On December 2, 1852, as a result of a plebiscite, a constitutional monarchy was established,...
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Fidel Castro Lays a Wreath in Front of the Lincoln Memorial

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After the dictator Fidel Castro had assumed power in Cuba in 1959, he was invited to tour the U.S.A. by the American Society of...
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The Last Romanov, Nicholas II Aleksandrovich

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Nicholas Aleksandrovich Romanov was born on May 6 (May 18 by the Gregorian Calendar) 1868 in Tsarkoye Selo, todays Pushkin, near St. Petersburg. He...
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Ancient History

History of the Spear

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Introduction: The spear, alongside the axe, knife, club and bow has been used by humans all around the globe, since before history. Our ancestors used...
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Ancient History

Shichi-fuku-jin – Japanese Seven Lucky Gods

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Shichi-fuku-jin, or the Seven Lucky Gods of Japan, are a group of deities whose origins stem from India, Chinese and indigenous Japanese gods of...
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Muslim Conquest of Spain – Battle of Guadalete

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The Muslim Conquest of Spain was one of the most important battles between the Muslims and Christians in the first millennia.
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Medieval Longbow – The Most Powerful Weapon For Its Time?

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Who Invented the Chariot?

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The earliest recorded stage of the use of chariots is the Sintashta culture - 4100 years ago. So how did it rise to prominence?
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The Mystery of the Boston Art Heist – $500m in Stolen Art

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It was dubbed "heist of the century": A duo of thieves stole numerous classic pieces of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
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