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In 1274, the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople signed a historic reunion, but there were some formidable dissenters.
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An aristocratic widow advertises for a husband, and among the line-up of natty and noble suitors is a rough-and-ready Olaf Tryggvason.
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In an enduring fable from the Kathasaritsagara, an Indian merchant explains how he acquired his nickname.
By Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
The lovely Shakuntala is wooed by a great King, but almost at once he forgets her.
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Over a hundred young Greeks were slated to be shot after resistance fighters and British forces sabotaged an airfield.
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The Rivers Son and Narmada rise together in the hills of Amarkantak, but because of Johilla they never meet again.