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This Is the Oldest Peace Treaty Ever Discovered
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Nearly 4M Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British Colonies Now Searchable Online. “The Former British
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Americans can now see a famous portrait of the Pacific Islander who captivated 18th-century England for the first time
7+ hour, 46+ min ago (1236+ words) In 1774, a young man in his early 20s named Mai arrived in England. The first Pacific Islander to visit Britain, Mai had joined Captain James Cook’s second expedition during its stop in the Society Islands, which include the islands of Tahiti…...
Benin demands France return cultural treasures
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (333+ words) Benin has renewed its demand for the return of 35 cultural artifacts and archival materials held in France, including a sacred statue taken during the colonial era, Benin Web TV reported on Tuesday. President Romuald Wadagni raised the issue during talks…...
The Origins of World War II's Pacific War
16+ hour, 13+ min ago (250+ words) The Pacific War began in 1941 after the Japanese airstrike at Pearl Harbor. The Pacific War lasted a few years and involved millions of soldiers across the Pacific. The war's origins date back at least to the 1930s, when the first conflicts…...
What Can ICE Learn from the Byzantine Migration Enforcement?
20+ hour, 5+ min ago (253+ words) Justinian compiled the Roman legal tradition in the Corpus Iuris Civilis. It was constituted by the Codex Justinianus, a compilation of Roman imperial law; the Digest, a collection of jurists’ opinions; the Institutes, a legal textbook for law students; and…...
The Black Line: the story of the biggest-ever military campaign against Aboriginal people
1+ day, 34+ min ago (1626+ words) I whakaputahia tuatahia tēnei atikara e NITV i Ahitereiria Warning: this article describes historical atrocities and may be distressing to some readers. It remains to this day the largest domestic military offensive in Australia’s history. The scale of the gathering…...
How slavery shaped Warrington through the centuries
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (623+ words) LONG before Warrington had a name, people were already moving through this landscape – hunting, trading, raiding, surviving. Some stayed – some travelled on – and some were taken against their will. Tens of thousands of years ago, the earliest people to pass…...
Bayeux Tapestry brought to life in huge 1066 reenactment ahead of 960th anniversary
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (420+ words) AOL.co.uk The outcome was never in doubt. But that didn't stop a sell-out crowd of 13,000 spectators watching rapt over the weekend as the Battle of Hastings was re-fought on the very spot where the armies of King Harold…...