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![Walter Raleigh](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12391.jpg?v=1671073683)
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Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618 CE) was an English courtier, soldier, mariner, explorer, and historian. A one-time favourite of his queen, Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE), Raleigh organised three expeditions to form a colony on...
![Chief Powhatan](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13475.jpeg?v=1696576563)
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Chief Powhatan
Wahunsenacah, also known as Chief Powhatan (l. c. 1547 - c. 1618) was the head of the Powhatan Confederacy of Native Americans who inhabited the region of the modern-day State of Virginia, USA, which they knew by the name of Tsenacommacah...
![Food & Drink in the Elizabethan Era](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12449.jpg?v=1705846804)
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Food & Drink in the Elizabethan Era
Food and drink in the Elizabethan era was remarkably diverse with much more meat and many more varieties of it being eaten by those who could afford it than is the case today. Storage of food was still a problem and so fresh produce was grown...
![Trade in the Byzantine Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7956.jpg?v=1677719283)
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Trade in the Byzantine Empire
Trade and commerce were essential components of the success and expansion of the Byzantine Empire. Trade was carried out by ship over vast distances, although for safety, most sailing vessels were restricted to the better weather conditions...
![Food in an English Medieval Castle](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8762.jpg?v=1683035824)
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Food in an English Medieval Castle
If one was looking to enjoy a fine meal in the medieval world then the best place to find a handsomely laid dinner table was in the local castle. There, in the magnificent Great Hall, feasts were regularly served for the local lord and his...
![Slavery in Colonial America](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13738.jpg?v=1720479845)
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Slavery in Colonial America
Slavery in Colonial America, defined as white English settlers enslaving Africans, began in 1640 in the Jamestown Colony of Virginia but had already been embraced as policy prior to that date with the enslavement and deportation of Native...
![Astronomy in the Scientific Revolution](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18034.png?v=1698243549)
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Astronomy in the Scientific Revolution
The astronomers of the Scientific Revolution rejected long-held theories of ancient thinkers like Claudius Ptolemy and Aristotle and instead set out to systematically observe the heavens in order to create a model of the universe that fit...
![Mongol Multiculturalism](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11344.jpeg?v=1656460451)
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Mongol Multiculturalism
The Mongol Empire accepted and promoted many other cultures. Historians often talk about cultural exchange across Asia in the Mongol Empire as something that was just facilitated by peace and stability across such a huge area – the 'Pax Mongolica'...
![Skulls, Temples & Churches: A Visit to the Walled City of Evora](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11861.jpg?v=1618796702)
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Skulls, Temples & Churches: A Visit to the Walled City of Evora
The sunbaked plain of the Alentejo region in central Portugal is called planicie dourada (golden plain) by the Portuguese, and it is dotted with cork oak forests, vineyards, olive groves, and hilltop towns with whitewashed houses. 'Alentejo'...
![Life in a Medieval Castle](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9390.jpg?v=1618714806)
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Life in a Medieval Castle
Protecting strategically important coastlines, passes, and roadways, castles were an essential part of medieval warfare. With such key features as a tower keep, fortified gatehouses, curtain walls with crenellations and a surrounding moat...