Issue 11

Articles from issue 11 of BBC World Histories

20th Century

Israel and the Palestinians: a history of conflict in 8 key episodes

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Emmett TillThe murder that reshaped the American civil rights movement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration depicting the migration of people across the world

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How has migration changed the world?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Old Norse sages describe Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir as 'the loveliest of women and nobel in every trait'. But this far-travelled Icelandic woman was eulogised largely not for her beauty and charm but as a strong-willed survivor who married three times and bore a son, Snorri, in Vinland (North America) during on of her intrepid voyages (Illustration by Lynn Hatzius)

Viking

The amazing life of a great female Viking explorer

Illustration by Kate Hazell for BBC History Magazine.

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From Churchill and Roosevelt to May and Trump: 75 years of the 'special relationship' between the US and the UK. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rags and riches: Enslaved people wash diamonds in Brazil, guarded by armed overseers, in a German engraving of 1828. Diamonds were discovered in Minas Gerais state in the late 17th century. (Picture by Alamy)

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Brazil: a society shaped by slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Notre Dame de la Major church, Arles

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ExploreArles, France: 'Little Rome' of Provence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.