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A Gallery of 50 Renaissance Paintings
In this gallery, we present 50 of the most important Renaissance...
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Medieval Cures for the Black Death
The Black Death is the 19th-century CE term for the plague epidemic...
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The Causes of WWII
The origins of the Second World War (1939-45) may be traced back...
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Europe on the Eve of WWII, 1939
A map illustrating the growing instability in Europe in the lead-up...
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Renaissance Humanism
Renaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement typified by a...
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Map of Ancient Egypt
Map of ancient Egypt, showing the major cities and archaeological...
