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Issue 17
Issue 17
Expert articles from the August/September 2019 issue of BBC World Histories Magazine
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Winds of change: how the discovery of trade winds powered Europe’s empires
General Modern
Has China always been the world’s greatest superpower?
First World War
What happened to the 8 million people who were disabled during WW1?
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General Modern
“Afro-textured hair had no stigma before the dehumanisation of black people that emerged from slavery”: Emma Dabiri discusses the changing perceptions of Afro-textured hair
Victorian
What caused the First Opium War?
General Modern
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Yangon, Myanmar: City of Golden Pagodas
20th Century
Why China has forgotten ‘Tank Man’? Remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations
20th Century
Back down to Earth: the legacy of the 1969 moon landing
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