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![Stede Bonnet Cigarette Card](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14553.png?v=1701572526)
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Stede Bonnet Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the Barbadian pirate Captain Stede Bonnet (d. 1718) and his capture off the Carolinas. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
![François L'Olonais Cigarette Card](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14737.png?v=1634658193)
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François L'Olonais Cigarette Card
A late-19th century cigarette card showing the French buccaneer and pirate François L'Olonais (1630-1668). L'Olonias was the cruellest of all buccaneers, torturing and executing almost all of his captives during a brutal career attacking...
![Religions of Ancient China- Full English Audiobook](/uploads/kraked/6/6-1252_ci_preview.jpg)
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Religions of Ancient China- Full English Audiobook
An overview of the religions of China, beginning with Fu His ca. 2953-2838 B.C.E, and continuing through the nineteenth century.
Herbert Allen Giles. Greatest Audiobooks. 2014.
![British Industrial Revolution](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17341.png?v=1682697123)
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British Industrial Revolution
The British Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) brought innovative mechanisation and deep social change. The process saw the invention of steam-powered machines, which were used in factories in ever-growing urban centres. Agriculture remained...
![Watt Steam Engine](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17011.png?v=1717276983)
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Watt Steam Engine
The steam engine developed by the Scotsman James Watt (1736-1819) from 1769 was much more efficient in terms of power and fuel consumption than earlier models, and it significantly increased the possible uses for this key invention of the...
![Domesday Book](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9476.jpg?v=1706489826)
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Domesday Book
Domesday Book was a comprehensive survey and record of all the landowners, property, tenants and serfs of medieval Norman England. It was compiled in 1086-7 under the orders of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-87). The record is unique in European...
![Popol Vuh](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2423.jpg?v=1714900626)
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Popol Vuh
The Popol Vuh is the story of creation according to the Quiche Maya of the region known today as Guatemala. Translated as `The Council Book', The Book of the People' or, literally, `The Book of the Mat', the work has been referred to as "The...
![John Smith](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13466.jpg?v=1700090283)
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John Smith
Captain John Smith (l. 1580-1631 CE) was an English explorer, soldier, author, and early governor of the Jamestown Colony of Virginia between 1607-1609 CE. Smith had served as a mercenary in his younger years and was well-versed in military...
![Luddite](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17132.png?v=1712983748)
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Luddite
The Luddites, named after their legendary leader Ned Ludd, were workers who protested at the mechanization of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution. From 1811 to 1816, the violent strategy of the Luddites was to smash the...
![Odo of Bayeux](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8652.png?v=1690431425)
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Odo of Bayeux
Odo of Bayeux (d. 1097 CE) was the bishop of Bayeux in Normandy and half-brother of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087 CE). After the Norman conquest of England in 1066 CE, Odo was given vast Anglo-Saxon estates and made, as the Earl of...