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The Berlin Conference (1884–1885), also known as the Congo Conference, marked a defining moment in the Scramble for Africa—the competitive colonization of the continent by European powers during...

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin. The church was damaged in the bombing of Berlin during the Second World War (1939-45) and left as a memorial.

Soviet War memorial in the Großer Tiergarten, Berlin, photographed by Manfred Brueckels, 2007. The memorial itself was unveiled in November 1945 to commemorate the Soviet Union's losses in the war, especially those...

A June 1945 photograph showing the bomb-damaged Reichstag in Berlin. (Imperial War Museums, London)

The end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated...

The Constitutional Convention was held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 25 May to 17 September 1787. Spurred on by economic troubles left over from the American Revolution and compounded by the...

Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was the 17th President of the United States, who was suddenly thrust into the office in 1865 after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A gruff Southern Democrat, Johnson...

The Fourteenth Amendment is one of the most important and consequential additions to the United States Constitution. Ratified in 1868, it defines American citizenship as belonging to "all persons...

A June 1945 photograph of the ruined Brandenburg Gate in Berlin after the battle for th at city at the close of the German-Soviet War, the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

An illustration by Adalbert von Rössler of the delegates at the Berlin Conference 1884-5 which set some of the ground rules for the Scramble for Africa. From the German publication Über Land und Meer.