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The Cap Arcona ocean liner, used by the Hamburg-South America line until World War II

Germany in a global context

29 Mar 2011

A new perspective on German history is changing the way in which we see the country's present, as well as its past.

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Trabzon area of Turkey

Against all odds: archaic Greek in a modern world

01 Jul 2010

An endangered Greek dialect spoken in Turkey has been identified by Dr Ioanna Sitaridou as a "linguistic goldmine" because of its closeness to a...

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1972 Munich Olympic Stadium

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany

01 May 2010

A new analysis of the Munich Games of 1972 places the event at the very centre of modern German history, as Dr Chris Young explains.

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Frowned Upon

Greeks uncorked French passion for wine

23 Oct 2009

Professor Paul Cartledge finds that the Greeks, a people rarely known for their wine-making skills, nevertheless laid the foundations for the...

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match making

‘What have the Victorians ever done for us?’

01 Feb 2007

Modern Britain was invented sometime between 1830 and 1900. It's not just a question of industrialization, compulsory education, the right to vote (...

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