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Asia

260 items  ·  3,200 BC to 2,011  ·  9 of 260 shown, by interest

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America 1
Magellan, Circled the Globe - 1521
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East…
Europe + Africa + Middle East 3
Alexander the Great, Macedonian Empire
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of Macedon, a…
Attila, King of the Huns
Attila the Hun was the Emperor of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of…
Joseph Stalin, Dictator of the Soviet Union
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian-born Soviet revolutionary and political leader. He…
Asia + Oceania 5
The Silk Road
The Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian…
Yu the Great, First Xia Monarch
Yu the Great (c. 2200-2100 BC), was a legendary ruler in ancient China famed for his…
Confucius, "Do not do to others..."
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn…
Aryabhata, Inventor of the Digit Zero
Aryabhata is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in…
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, WW2
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and…
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