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A small group of Argentine troops survey the scene not far from Port Stanley after arriving in the Falklands by helicopter (Photo by: SeM/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

What if... Argentina had won the Falklands War?

Photo of Machu Picchu

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Machu Picchu History, Rediscovery & Downfall

Historian Caroline Dodds Pennock (Photo by Ellie Grace)

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Caroline Dodds Pennock “Indigenous Americans were horrified by inequalities in European society”

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The Inca empire: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British soldiers lie on the floor an gumpoint during the Falklands War, guarded by Argentine soldiers

The Falklands War: why did it happen?

Ancient Moai of Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island

The magnificent moai – facts about the statues of Rapa Nui

Moai statues at Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui’s largest ceremonial structure

What happened to the people of Rapa Nui?

Pod Thomas Harding WL

The Demerara slave uprising

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Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded

A page of the Codex Borbonicus, an Aztec folding book painted around the time of the Spanish invasion

What can the Aztecs tell us about themselves? The secrets of their ‘indigenous annals’

Former US president Theodore Roosevelt stands on a boat with Cândido Rondon

History hero Ella Al-Shamahi chooses Cândido Rondon (1865–1958)

'Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs' by Camilla Townsend

New take on Aztec history revealed as winner of the 2020 Cundill History Prize

Queen Elizabeth II at Falkland Islands remembrance service 2007

Was the Queen opposed to the Falklands War?

Rowland White explores the Falklands War through the story of the Sea Harrier jump jet. (Image by Getty Images)

The Falklands War in the air