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The West’s enduring fascination with Asia . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns
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Robert Burns: 7 facts about the life and work of Scotland’s national bard

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Johannes Gutenberg examines a page from the moveable type printing press that he invented
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Who invented the printing press?

Men in boats on the River Thames survrying swans
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Does the Warden of the Swans exist – and does the royal family own all the swans in Britain?

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Barbie: a forward-thinking and a behind-the-times image of womanhood . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Tudor travel bug: 6 artefacts that show the Tudors’ taste for travel . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Construction of the Berlin Wall begins at Ebertstrasse. The barrier would divide the city for 28 years (Photo by von der Becke/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Professor David Carpenter discusses the history of Westminster Abbey
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Roman Forum in Rome, Italy (Photo by Olgacov | Dreamstime.com)
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Rome history Emperors, popes and Renaissance glory . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Royal Observatory, commissioned by Charles II in 1675, on a hill in Greenwich Park, London (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Art, culture and science in the Restoration period . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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