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Sykes-Picot and a 17th-century polymath . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A combo picture of two images taken 13 August 2002 at Cairo Museum shows a foot of a mummy missing its big toe and beside it a prosthetic toe of leather and wood to replace the amputated real one. (Photo by Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images)

Q&A How long have people used prosthetic limbs?

c1754: Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon (c1060-1100) 1st Crusade (1095-1099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls. From manuscript of Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Crusades

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Q&A When was the first strike?

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A portrait of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty which ruled over much of India from 1526 to 1858. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How people make the past . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I’s Armada portrait. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images

The Tudors’ unlikely allies

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Middle East history special . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The tomb of the Crusader knight Richard de Crupes.

Books interview with Christopher Tyerman: “Religious war isn’t an irrational act, and we shouldn’t dismiss it as irrational” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saladin, seen in a 12th-century portrait, led Muslim opposition to the crusaders and united much of the Middle East. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

How to lead like Saladin

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Shakespeare and war in the Middle East . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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General ancient history

Q&A Who was the first archaeologist?

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Living through the Crusades: 3 poems and songs that reveal how medieval people felt about the holy war

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Q&A Why are there 24 hours in a day?

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When did Ancient Egypt start and end?

Diorite stela inscribed with the laws of King Hammurabi of Babylon, around 3,800 years ago. Hammurabi sits enthroned at top of the stela. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Q&A Who first attempted to regulate medicine?