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Who was the greatest President of the United States in history?.

The palace of Kublai Khan’s son is illustrated in a 15th-century manuscript of the Travels of Marco Polo. Despite such vivid depictions, no reference to the Venetian merchant has ever been found in Chinese sources.

Do The Travels of Marco Polo belong in the non-fiction section, or fantasy?.

A hill to die on: why the Allies almost failed in the battle of Monte Cassino in WW2.

Was there a best time to be alive? The pitfalls of looking back for a nostalgic 'golden age'.

The 1453 fall of Constantinople: capturing the Byzantine capital.

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Inside the mind of the Third Reich.

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The real Viking Age: when did the era of Norse expansion start and end?

Sacagawea: life of the week.

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The death of King George V – and why his doctor hastened his demise

Women's bodies: an unreliable history.

Ancient Mesopotamia: everything you wanted to know.

Statue of William Tell, with a crossbow over one shoulder and a boy at his hip

William Tell: was the legendary Swiss hero a real person?

Bear fat, false rumps and arsenic makeup: 7 of the most bizarre beauty trends from the past.

Elizabethan London: a multicultural melting pot.

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General ancient history

A history of the BibleWho wrote it and when?

Strange stories of medieval saints.

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Second World War

Why did Hitler choose the swastika as a Nazi symbol?

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Second World War

Why Schindler’s List remains relevant decades on

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General History

Who owns Greenland? Why the island's history is more complicated than you think

What is the greatest historical movie of all time?.

General History

The best historical movies of all time

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ConspiracyWere the pyramids built by aliens?

Nell Gwyn: life of the week.

How pigs caused a stink in medieval England.

General History

You ask the questionsEverything you wanted to know about...

The Hanseatic League: everything you wanted to know.

US president Jimmy Carter stands at a lecturn in front of the US flag

Jimmy Carter: a moral man but a diffident president

History's Greatest Scandals : The Victorians.

Supplies train for the Russian transported during deportation to Siberia.

Nazino was Stalin’s worst labour gulag. Its inmates knew it by another name: Cannibal Island