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An engraving of the frontispiece to the first edition of the King James Bible. Published in 1611, the Bible was soon to become required reading across the English-speaking world. (Culture Club/Getty Images)
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The making of the King James Bible

A view of Jerusalem's best known landmark the Dome of the Rock, a spectacular shrine on the site where Muhammad is said to have risen to heaven. (Getty Images)
General ancient history

Jerusalem: blood and gold

Illustration by Glen McBeth
Norman

When did the pope rule England?

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Mohandas Ghandi, 'the father of the nation', enjoys a laugh with his two granddaughters. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)
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Dandy Gandhi to naked Fakir: the Indian leader’s revolutionary dress code

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Britain’s First Muslims

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Victorian

When was the first mosque in Britain built?

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Roman

Constantine: Unconquered Emperor, Christian Victo

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Medieval

Holy Warriors

Evening light sweeps over the ruins of the Jesuit mission church at Trinidad de Paraná, Paraguay, where the bell tower of the site's first of two churches stands. Scores of Jesuit missions in the area where Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet were built in the 17th century and were abandoned when the Jesuits were expelled in the 18th century. (Photo by Kevin Moloney via Getty Images)
General Modern

Jesuit missionaries: “a masterpiece of humanity”

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The Holy Face by Andrei Rublev. Tempera on wood, 14th century. Moscow, Russia. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)
Medieval

The mutation of Christianity

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Period

The Great Caliphs: the Golden Age of the Abbasid Empire

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Sin: A History

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