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Junko Tabei and Ang Tsering pictured on the slopes of Everest

Q&A Who was the first woman to climb Everest?

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, born the son of a humble yak farmer, pictured around the time of his Everest triumph of 1953 (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Tenzing Norgay The Sherpa who first conquered the world's highest mountain

A photograph of Tenzing Norgay (left) and Edmund Hillary, sharing a smile in 1953, shortly after scaling Everest.

Everest The story of the race to the top of the world

Genghis Khan’s tent, as shown in a 14th-century Persian miniature. The Mongols’ conquests transformed the way the people of Eurasia did trade, shared knowledge, paid taxes and fought wars (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

What was life like under the Mongol empire?

Thousands of Muslims gather in India in 2019 to offer Eid prayers, marking end of holy month of Ramadan

General ancient history

A brief history of Ramadan

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A depiction of Empress Wu Zetian

Empress Wu Zetian The only woman to rule China

A medieval illustration showing a doctor bleeding a patient

General History

A history of medicine 14 surprising facts

Afghan fighters on top of a destroyed Soviet helicopter, 1980 (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)

War without end: conflict in Afghanistan, from the Cold War Soviet invasion to the Taliban

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Anti-Chinese prejudice: from gold rushes to exclusion laws . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Clash of cultures: how interpreters bridged the gap between Britain and China . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rosa Parks rides on a Montgomery bus

50 important historical events: from Sutton Hoo to Rosa Parks

Mongol and Mamluk cavalry clash in a 14th-century manuscript

How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

Police disperse a mob attacking a Hindu temple in Calcutta (now Kolkata) during the violence of Direct Action Day, 1946

Why we should remember… Direct Action Day

A refugee family in a camp in Pakistan after the partition of British India in 1947

Enduring trauma: the legacy of partition