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Norman conquest of southern Italy
The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1139, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130 these territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily...
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Lies, Spies, and Unsung Heroes: Espionage and the British Empire
Disreputable and dishonest
In the past, spying was a murky hidden business, and spies despised as liars who sold their honour. The British Secret Service was not founded...
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The Helots, slave warriors of Ancient Sparta
The ancient Greek city-state of Sparta had a strict social hierarchy . The top of the social pyramid was occupied by the two kings, whose powers were checked by a ‘council of elders’.
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The Rise of the Imperial Papacy (Part II of II)
Pope Innocent III
Pope Innocent III (Latin Innocentius III;1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni) reigned from 8 January 1198 to his death in 1216.
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French Revolution - Estates General of 1789
The Estates General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), and the commoners (Third Estate)...
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War of Candia – Sixth Ottoman - Venetian War
The Cretan War, or War of Candia, as the sixth Turkish–Venetian War is better known, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies against the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States...
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The Ems Telegram Bismarck & the Franco-Prussian War
Prince Otto von Bismarck, as the Prime Minister of Prussia, had followed policies which sought to fully associate other German states with Prussia without particular compromise to the Prussia...
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Late Medieval Naval Warfare
Early in the medieval period, ships were used primarily for transporting troops. In the Mediterranean, naval warfare in the Middle Ages was similar to that under late Roman Empirefleets of galleys would exchange missile...
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Venice: Napoleon's Italian Thorn
The city was originally founded in the 5th Century. In the year 830, the body of St. Mark the Evangelist having been transported from Egypt, became the patron saint of the Republic...
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Wonders of Europe - Palazzo Colonna
Palazzo Colonna is one of the oldest and largest private palaces of Rome.
Its construction began in the fourteenth century by the Colonna family, who still resides there since eight centurie
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