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The Aztecs
The Aztecs arrived into central Mexico in the 1300s. What is their real story?
Ian Fleming
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The Korean War
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Martin Luther King Junior
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The Dambusters
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The First Persian Empire
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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The Beatles
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The Ancient Olympics
How did the Olympic Games begin? And why did the Games die out for over a thousand years?
The Modern Olympics
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Constantinople
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The Scramble for Africa
The late 19th century, a period of European imperialism. A land-grab of epic proportions
Elvis Presley
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The Normans
The Normans were a formidable force who left a lasting legacy across the British Isles
The Gladiators
We're in Ancient Rome to discover the bizarre and barbaric world of the gladiators.
The Kremlin
Over roughly a thousand years, the Kremlin has come to symbolise Russia itself.
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 1 of 2
Three men – Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro – hold the fate of the planet in their hands.
Mary Queen of Scots
Was Mary Stuart an ambitious plotter who would stop at nothing to realise her dreams?
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 2 of 2
With Soviet missiles on Cuban soil, The United States is now in Moscow's crosshairs.
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Sitting Bull was the greatest chief the Lakota people had ever known
Blackbeard the Pirate
In the 18th century, one man makes his name as the most notorious pirate of all time...
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a brutal, un-winnable conflict which reshaped global geopolitics
The California Gold Rush
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