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The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru. They…
The Dresden Codex is a pre-Columbian Maya book of the eleventh or twelfth century of the…
Leif Ericson was a Norse explorer known to be the first European to have landed in North…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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Attila the Hun was the Emperor of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of…
Muhammad was the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet and God's…
Charlemagne, meaning Charles the Great, was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the…
William took seven months to prepare his invasion force, using some 600 transport ships to…
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the…
Asia + Oceania
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Aryabhata is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in…
Gunpowder, also known as the retronym black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless…
Emperor Zhenzong was the third emperor of the Song Dynasty of China. His personal name was…
Marco Polo was a Christian merchant from the Venetian Republic whose travels are recorded in…