Containment
In this lesson we will be learning about the manoeuvres of the cold war.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the manoeuvres of the cold war.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the Democratic Republic of the Congo and how it achieved it’s independence from Belgium.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about what was it like to live in the Soviet Union during the cold war.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about how East Asian economies have been increasing their share of the global economy.
Read MoreExplore the story of the Roanoke disappearance. And the latest findings and theories that have...
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about the art of the Italian Renaissance and it’s significance through Europe for centuries.
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The mass migration of Austronesian-speaking peoples thousands of years ago still has an impact on modern countries of the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.
Reading time: 7 minutes With the prophets of doom foretelling that we’ll see massive inflation in...
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about Louis XVI’s early years before the French revolution.
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Thucydides and Plato lived through the crisis of Athenian democracy and, not unlike Trump, informed posterity that the fate of their beloved Athens resulted from the systematic misinformation and mis-education of the citizens.
In this lesson we will be learning about the first Roman republic that was established after overthrowing the unpopular king Lucius.
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The Somme was the first great action by a British Army on a continental scale. It was the longest, bloodiest battle of World War One, a campaign lasting four and a half months, and fought over a twenty-mile front near the Somme. In February 1916 Allied commanders had decided to launch an infantry offensive there,
In this lesson we will be learning about the leadership problem facing the Soviet Union in the 1980s that led to it’s eventual downfall.
Read MoreIn this lesson we will be learning about The Kushan Empire, from it’s expansion from Greco-Bactrian lands into China and India, until its collapse.
Read MoreEstimated reading time: 11 minutes The Greenwood neighbourhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma was a hub for...
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As famed as American commanders like Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur are today, one of the most important is the relatively little-known Joseph Stilwell.
He was one of its leading experts on a country that was to play a pivotal role in the history not just of the war, but of the 20th century: China.
This lesson will take us to the industrial revolution as we learn about the social changes during the revolution.
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In the wake of the rise of the Soviet Union’s AK-47 and the USA’s litany of rifles during the Cold War, South Africa needed a modern automatic service rifle. After trialling several different guns, the South African government settled on the Belgian FN FAL battle rifle. As a result, the “Rifle R1” was born – the bush gun of Southern Africa.
In this lesson we will be learning about Europe in the 21st century, how it’s functioning now and what the future holds for it.
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