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The Life of Malcolm X
Born Malcolm Little in 1925, Malcolm X would become human rights activist— a prominent African American minister and figure during the civil rights m…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Real Alexander Hamilton
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished in s…
3 years, 8 months ago
Viking Voyages and Legends
In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may …
3 years, 8 months ago
The Death of Alexander the Great Explained
Alexander the Great’s untimely death at Babylon in 323 BC triggered an unprecedented crisis across his continent-spanning empire.
Within a couple of d…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Man Who Escaped Auschwitz
In April 1944 nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate, Fred Wetzler broke out of Auschwitz. Under electrified fences and past armed watchtowe…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Europe in 1914 was a tinderbox of imperial tensions and the spark that would light the conflagration would be the assassination of Archduke Franz Fer…
3 years, 8 months ago
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII was part of a dynasty of Macedonian rulers founded by Ptolemy, who served as general under Alexander the Great during his conquest of E…
3 years, 8 months ago
A Short History of Nomads
The roots of the word ‘Nomad’ dates back to an extremely early Indo-European word, ‘nomos’. After towns and cities are built and more people settle, …
3 years, 8 months ago
Al Capone
Born in Brooklyn, New York in January 1899, Alphonse Gabriel Capone would go on to become perhaps the most infamous gangster in American history. Dur…
3 years, 9 months ago
Inside the Royal Marines
The Royal Marines are the UK's Commando Force and the Royal Navy's own amphibious troops. The Commandos have become a byword for elite raiding skills…
3 years, 9 months ago