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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

It's seventy years since Germany became a Nazi state with Adolf Hitler as chancellor.

Read about his ideas of leadership and how he used propaganda as a vehicle of political salesmanship in a mass market.

Build like an Egyptian

Pyramid at sunset

Find out what it takes to build one of the wonders of the ancient world, in the Pyramid Challenge.


World of maps

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Explore the fascinating history of European mapmaking, as the mysteries of the world are steadily unravelled.


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Oliver Cromwell

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