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Nelson Mandela podcast

Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life

Nelson Mandela

Mandela: the 20th century’s greatest leader?

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Britain’s refugee camps

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7 surprising facts about the history of medicine

Bronze statue of a she-wolf suckling twin brothers Romulus and Remus, the main characters of Rome's foundation myth. (Photo By DEA/G NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

10 key Roman dates you need to know

Marble bust of Emperor Caligula. (DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The 8 bloodiest Roman emperors in history

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Raj nostalgia: reconsidering the stories through which we view empire

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The Entebbe raid

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BBC World Histories reader survey

Young and Dabiri podcast

Africa’s contested past

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Second World War

Creating the SAS

The Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, Turkey, which is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. (Photo by DOZIER Marc via Getty Images)

General ancient history

A new civilisation rises

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6 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Ottoman Empire

Barry Cunliffe and David Abulafia

Living with the oceans