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Complex Crimea: the history behind the relationship between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea

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What is the origin of the phrase ‘Dutch Courage’?

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Q&AQ&A: Have twins ever been in line for the throne?

A European buyer of enslaved people

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Who started the enslavement of Africans in the Americas?

A depiction of enslaved people in a tobacco factory in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1874

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Were enslaved people in America ever paid for their work?

Gold Mining At Mount Alexander

Convicts and colonisers: the early history of Australia

When does history end?

A 1950s illustration of Vladimir Lenin on the sealed train between Switzerland and Russian. (Alamy)

10 ways to start a revolution

The 10 worst Britons in history

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