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Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Map view of Europe on a geographical globe.

Where Does the Name Europe Come From?

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Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

6 Lost Civilizations

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona

Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

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textile East Germany East Berlin Swabia Franconia Magdeburg Hesse-Kassel Brandenburg Mecklenburg Palatinate Saxon duchies

Germany

Holy Roman Empire in 800

Holy Roman Empire

historical empire, Europe

Key People

Joachim Murat

Joachim Murat

king of Naples

Clauberg, engraving by J. Wielant

Johann Clauberg

German philosopher and theologian

Friedrich Jacobi, engraving by N. Afinger

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

German philosopher