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May 15, 2026
The discovery of diamonds in 1867 in Griqualand ultimately transformed the entire region of Southern Africa. Huge European financial investment and significant immigration...
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May 6, 2026
The English East India Company (EIC) was founded in 1600, and it came to control both trade and territories in India, as well as a trade monopoly...
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May 1, 2026
The Mau Mau rebellion (1952-60), led by the Kikuyu people of Kenya, was a guerrilla warconducted against British colonial rule, motivated by anger at land...
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Apr 29, 2026
The Fashoda Incident of 1898 occurred in Sudan and caused a diplomatic crisis between the British and French empires. A small French force claimed authority over the town of Fashoda...
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Apr 27, 2026
Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) was a self-styled holy man and faith healer from Siberia who ingratiated himself with the family of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917). Rasputin was...
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Apr 8, 2026
This collection of resources examines the causes of various conflicts in the last millennium, from religious and civil wars to revolutions and global wars. The origins of conflict...
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Mar 25, 2026
Belgian Congo was a colony of Belgium from 1908 until 1960. Prior to that, the region had been the Congo Free State (created in 1885), which was effectively a private enterprise of...
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Mar 20, 2026
The Zulu Kingdom was one of the most powerful states in Southern and Central Africa during its peak in the mid-19th century. The Zulu expansion and domination of their neighbours is...
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Feb 6, 2026
The ancient Olympic Games were a sporting event held every four years at the sacred site of Olympia, in the western Peloponnese, in honour of Zeus, the supreme god of the Greek...
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Jan 14, 2026
The First World War (1914-18) was the first global conflict, the first mechanised conflict, and the first to involve civilians far from the fighting front.
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Jan 9, 2026
When German generals decided on a strategy of attrition to methodically wear down the French Army in the middle of the First World War (1914-18), the Battleof Verdun...
Jan 14, 2026The First World War (1914-18) was the first global conflict, the first mechanised conflict, and the first to involve civilians far from the fighting front.
Jan 9, 2026When German generals decided on a strategy of attrition to methodically wear down the French Army in the middle of the First World War (1914-18), the Battleof Verdun...