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The Transatlantic Zeppelins
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The Transatlantic Zeppelins - A Golden Age of Air Travel

Transatlantic Zeppelins carried passengers in relative luxury between Germany and New York or Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s and 1930s. The airships...
John C. Calhoun
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John C. Calhoun - Champion of the Antebellum South

John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was an American lawyer and statesman, one of the key political figures of the Antebellum Era. Initially a nationalist, Calhoun...
The Zeppelin Bombing Raids of WWI
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The Zeppelin Bombing Raids of WWI

Zeppelin airships were used by Germany to attack its enemies on all fronts during the First World War (1914-18). Bombing raids, usually conducted at...
Herod the Great's Building Program
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Herod the Great's Building Program

Herod the Great was the king of Judea from 37-4 BCE. As a client king of Rome, Herod's moniker as "Great" was due more to his grand building program...
Emma of Normandy
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Emma of Normandy

Emma of Normandy (died 1052), the wife of King Aethelred the Unready from 1002 to 1016 and then the wife of King Cnut from 1017 to 1035, was a dominant...
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor who flourished during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. Known...
James K. Polk
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James K. Polk

James K. Polk (1795-1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the eleventh president of the United States. A protégé of Andrew Jackson...
Mexican-American War
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Mexican-American War

The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) was a conflict between the United States and Mexico, sparked by the US annexation of Texas in 1845. Hoping to seize...
The Life of Alfred the Great in 10 Monuments
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The Life of Alfred the Great in 10 Monuments

Alfred the Great ruled the Kingdom of Wessex (England south of the Thames) from 871 to 899. Leading the English resistance to the Vikings, Alfred won...
John Tyler
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John Tyler - The Pariah President of the US

John Tyler (1790-1862) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the tenth president of the United States. His presidency was a tumultuous...
John Brown
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John Brown - The Flame that Ignited Civil War

John Brown (1800-1859) was a militant abolitionist best known for the part he played in the violence of Bleeding Kansas (1854-1859) and his raid on...
William Henry Harrison
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William Henry Harrison - The One-Month US President

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was an American statesman and military general who served as the ninth president of the United States. A member of...
Aethelstan
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Aethelstan

Aethelstan was the first King of England, ruling from 927 to 939. The son of Edward the Elder (reign 899-924) and grandson of Alfred the Great (reign...
Tsar Nicholas II
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Tsar Nicholas II - Last of the Romanovs

Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) was the last of the Romanov emperors, murdered along with his family during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution...
Italo-Ethiopian Wars
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Italo-Ethiopian Wars

Italy occupied Ethiopia for five years, from 1935 to 1941, following a mass-scale invasion launched by the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945...
Cleopatra of Macedon
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Cleopatra of Macedon

Cleopatra of Macedon (355/4-308 BCE), daughter of Philip II of Macedon (reign 359-336 BCE) and his Molossian queen, Olympias of Epirus (c. 375-316 BCE...
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