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The Catalan Atlas from 1375

North, south, east and west: how ancient civilisations found their bearings before the compass. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shopping and snacking: a social history of the high street. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stonehenge, castle and bridge

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Do you know all the major periods in British history?

InterviewCharlotte Lydia Riley: “We need to get rid of the idea that Britain was humanitarian in its imperialism. That needs to go”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Should period dramas reflect modern sensibilities? (Photo by Hugh Cowling)

Should period dramas reflect modern sensibilities?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hidden environmental histories of the last 500 years. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking trade, Titanic and Olympic rings: history behind the headlines. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Chinese tank nears the city of Lang Son in Vietnam, 1979 and (right) Chinese and Vietnamese ministers meet for talks, 1991. Rana Mitter highlights the role of diplomacy in bringing war between Vietnam and China to an end.

Historians debate: how do intractable conflicts come to an end?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on the rise of Britain's universities. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Native Americans: a history of power and survival

Our 10,000-year quest for equality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why was Mozart obsessed with poo?

Women at Kappa Kappa Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta Houses of University of California at Los Angeles in 1952

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A 14th-century depiction of a lady and youth playing a game of draughts (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

War and pieces: 5 games from history that were about much more than fun. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastFalse rumps & rotten teeth: 400 years of bizarre beauty practices. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Norse god of war and All-father, Odin, next to Germanic princess Brunhild

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Fierce and furious: who are the most powerful gods of war throughout world history?

False rumps & rotten teeth: 400 years of bizarre beauty practices. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Voynich Manuscript is written in a unique alphabet that has thus far defeated some of the world’s greatest codebreakers. (Photo by Alamy)

History's greatest mysteriesThe conundrums historians want to see solved. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Great ReputationsExamine the contested legacies of key historical figures. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Harry-Williams-Bulkeley sitting at a table with silver candlesticks

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