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Write yourself inside the pages of history when you visit the Brallos Pass region. The Battlefields of Brallos Pass is just a snapshot of the rich history throughout Central Greece. It was the site of a famous battle more than two thousand years before World War II, home to an Ancient Greek City, and has unique geological features dotting the mountainous landscape.
In this lesson we will be learning about the Russian system and reforms after the end of the Napoleonic era.
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Sea levels in Micronesia rose much faster over the past 5,000 years than previously thought, according to our new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This sea-level rise is shown by the accumulation of mangrove sediments on the islands of Pohnpei and Kosrae. The finding may change how we think about when people migrated into Remote Oceania, and where they might have voyaged from.
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At Christmas 1939, Britons had been able to maintain a semblance of normality. The blackout prevented displays of lighted Christmas trees in front windows, but there was no rationing and Britain’s key ally, France, remained unconquered behind the allegedly impregnable Maginot Line.
Following the fall of France, the evacuation at Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Christmas 1940 was much bleaker – the first real wartime Christmas. It took place in the middle of the Blitz. In December, the Luftwaffe attacked Southampton, Bristol, Sheffield and Leicester. Manchester took heavy pounding on the night of December 22/23 and again on Christmas Eve. Rationing was beginning to bite hard as the German occupation of Europe and blockade by U-boats cut off important sources of supply.
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When Neanderthals are depicted in artistic reconstructions, they often have a spear in hand. Most archaeologists believe that Neanderthals were adept hunters, and we have found spears at Neanderthal sites. But our knowledge of how they used spears and how that compares with our own species has been inconclusive. Rather than using the spears for hunting, Neanderthals could have used them for self-defence or scavenging.
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The way historians have viewed the causes of WWI has changed in the hundred years since war broke out. This article explores the origins of the Great War.
How could the death of one man, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated on 28 June 1914, lead to the deaths of millions in a war of unprecedented scale and ferocity? This is the question at the heart of the debate on the origins of the First World War. Finding the answer to this question has exercised historians for 100 years.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the events of the Russian revolutions, along with its successes and failures.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the balance of power and the events that unfolded after the Congress of Vienna.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the rising corruption and also huge economic growth in the Americas in the 21st Century.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the German unification, the rise of power of Otto von Bismarck and the German Empire.
Read MoreThis lesson will take us to the industrial revolution as we learn about textile manufacturing industry and its place in the global market.
Read MoreThis lesson will take us to the industrial revolution as we learn about the rising of use of coal and iron making.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the rise of the Communist China and the reforms under Chairman Mao and later Deng Xiaoping.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the Persian Wars and how they led to the rise of Athens as the head of the Delian League.
Read MoreThis lesson we will be learning how after the fall of the Roman Empire, The Catholic Church became the most powerful influence in Europe.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the economies and politics in The Middle East and North Africa in the 21st Century.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about evolution of Hinduism as a synthesis if cultures and traditions including the Indo-Aryan Vedic religion.
Read MoreThis lesson will take us to North America as we learn about the Native American people and their rich culture.
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