The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland
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Government without states (how to raise a tribal army in pre-Roman Europe, part II)
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The origin of every European country's name
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Free Companies: The age of mercenary companies
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Mysteries of Neolithic Europe
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Advice for time traveling to medieval Europe
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Memoirs of Count Boruwłaski: The last court dwarf describes entertaining Kings and Queens of Europe
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Why the Early Modern Period is the most underrated era in European history
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Europe talks to itself in many languages. That’s why English is vital to its democracy
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An effort to focus on long overlooked Roma suffering in the Holocaust
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The psychedelic drug that conquered Europe
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What was it like celebrating a birthday in the middle ages?
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All people are created educable, a vital oft-forgotten tenet of modern democracy
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How ancient soldiers used sound to frighten and confuse their enemies
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Why Belgium (still) exists
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Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021
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How Netflix is creating a common European culture
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Europeana contains over ten million digitalised artifacts from across Europe
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How to be an atheist in Medieval Europe
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Denmark sermons law could stifle free worship, warns Church of England bishop – Robert Innes says proposed translation law could affect religious freedoms across Europe
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The creation, history, post-WW2 socialist economy and break-up of Yugoslavia explained
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African decolonization explained
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The father of modern warfare – the military reforms of Gustavus Adolphus' changed the face of European warfare
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Atheists are sometimes more religious than Christians
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The forgotten number system of the Cistercians
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Mercenary black riders and the evolution of cavalry warfare in the 16th century
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The invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was initially met with skepticism
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The history of philosophy in global context: three case studies
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The mysterious erdstall
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Why were notched wood sticks so important in medieval times?
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How they wore their swords (from approx. 1150-1600)
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A newly digitized map from 1587 offers a rare glimpse at the way Europeans conceived of the Americas before British colonization
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Return of African artifacts sets a tricky precedent for Europe’s museums
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Found: The earliest European image of Aboriginal Australians
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For 1,500 years, Western Europe ‘forgot’ how to swim, retreating from the water in terror. The return to swimming is a lesser-known triumph of the Enlightenment.
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I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on
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Three Variations on Trump: Chaos, Europe, and Fake News, by Slavoj Žižek
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