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Continents continued to shift and war went on even as people around the world celebrated.

The Renaissance painter was a virtuosic man whose wisdom was not limited by subject matter.

A Dutch pro-China group was secretly filled with anti-communist agents for decades.

Vlad III Dracula's reign looks monstrously cruel to today's eyes, but he was revered by his people.

Get a handle on the decade of instability that changed France—and the world—for good.

Dive into some of history's greatest battles and the life of one its most famous generals.

Punks destroyed their jeans, their shirts...and the power structures that surrounded them.

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