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The Renaissance
The Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries was a time of rediscovery.
Rasputin
Why, even after his death, does Rasputin's shadow hang over the fall of Imperial Russia?
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison is one of history’s greatest inventors.
The Māori
The Māori have had a presence in New Zealand for at least 800 years.
Angkor
Built by kings, Angkor had a footprint bigger than present-day New York.
Nikola Tesla
Tesla arrived in America with just four cents in his pocket and a head full of inventions
The Soviet Union, Part 2 of 2
In the 2nd half of the 20th century, the USSR became one of the world’s two superpowers.
David Bowie
How did David Bowie transform himself into a superstar and change pop music forever?
The Soviet Union, Part 1 of 2
How did one of the most ambitious political experiments in human history come about?
The Louisiana Purchase
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased 820,000 square miles of land from Napoleon.
