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04.10.2011Gladiatorial games at first served as a solemn funeral rite to honor noble citizens. At the heigh...
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Elephants have been deployed as weapons for centuries, particularly in South and South-East Asia,...
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From the beginning of the 11th century onwards, the constant sate of war amongst the various Indi...
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Using archaeological evidence and first-hand sources, Konstantin Nossov charts the history of the...
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In the second half of the third millennium BC the Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites migra...
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In 1462 the throne of the Principality of Moscow passed to the Ivan III (1462-1505), who succeede...
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