Ethiopian children watching a play

Africa

History on trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

20 important battles that shaped Britain

Ye olde travel guide: Aksum AD 537. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Uganda railway, which links Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya, was built during the period of British control of East Africa. (SSPL/Getty Images)

The dark side of abolitionism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British soldiers on the front of El Alamein. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

El Alamein: The British empire's last hurrah. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Meknes 1681. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917). (Alamy)

My history hero: Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Egypt through Victorian eyes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King George VI and stories from Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Golden Coast. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An 1860s coloured engraving of Lake Victoria’s outflow at the Ripon Falls, which John Speke discovered in 1862 and correctly declared to be the source of the Nile. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Explorers of the Nile. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The end of slavery and headaches in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A London Missionary Society (LMS) mission in Papua New Guinea, c1920s. (Photo by Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo)

Married to a missionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stone relief depicting men bringing gifts to the king, c500 BC. (Getty Images)

The Persian empire: myth vs reality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A European buyer of enslaved people

General History

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A monumental misunderstanding

Barbary pirates: kidnapped in Iceland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British soldier, explorer and big game hunter Frederick Selous, pictured in 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The hunter who became a naturalist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical objects - toilets and medicines. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

The LibraryObjects with meanings: How artefacts can give us a new take on global history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Zulu wars and American presidents, past and present. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.