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Three years before the Great War, Rudyard Kipling recalled how one English king simply paid his bullying neighbours to stay at home.
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As Rome’s grip on Gaul tightened, one man still dared to defy them.
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After an accident at a level crossing, the bosses of the Leicester and Swannington Railway acknowledged that drivers needed more than lung power.
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The British Empire may be said to have started when Elizabethan importers got into a fight with the Dutch over the price of pepper.
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The Sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra welcomed his guests from Christian England with an unexpected gesture of friendship.
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The Despensers ensured that King Edward II never left their sight, but it was what Queen Isabella was doing that should have worried them.
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