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Afghanistan 1842

The British, alarmed by the association of Dost Mohammad and Russia, decided to invade Afghanistan with the intention of creating a puppet government that would serve the interests of British India.

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Wet Nursing

Why were infants wet nursed in early modern England? What made women confront the opposing medical profession, the church sermons and the contemporary theoretical philosophy?

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Jack the Ripper

For many years now, speculation has been rife about who exactly was ‘Jack the Ripper’. Suspects range from John Pizer, a Jewish shoemaker to Sir William Gull, the Royal Physician.

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By 1500 the Crusades ended; the last and most powerful champion of the "will of god" was the Ottoman Empire. It had annexed Serbia, Rumania and Hungary. Their first attempt to bring Austria, and the rest of Europe...

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The Dzhurma Incident

In 1947, David Dallin and Boris Nicolaevsky published their book Forced Labor in Soviet Russia. In this book they tell the horrific story of how 12,000 gulag prisoners perished on the SS Dzhurma...

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Defeat Without Surrender

In 1861, Americans went to war with each other to determine if their young republic could endure as a unified nation or if it should be divided between the North and the South. The question of whether or not states could voluntarily secede from the Union was decided in battle over the following four years.

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The Ditchley Portrait Explained

In return for restoration to royal grace

The Ditchley portrait of Queen Elizabeth I is generally known to have been a gift from Sir Henry Lee to commemorate her 2-day visit to his estate at Ditchley, which visit in turn served to mark the end of her 2-year long displeasure with him.

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Hitler the Great Orator?

Hitler showed great promise in primary school: he earned the admiration of his classmates for his grades and for the charisma that later contributed to his political success. However, this was to change when Hitler entered the secondary level of his education. There appeared to be a lack of direction and competitiveness, resulting in the loss of most of his peer admirers.

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