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Giovanni Maria Angioy in Sassari
Giovanni Maria Angioy in Sassari

The attempt to abolish Sardinian feudalism

Modern history
The Nuns and the Savages
The Nuns and the Savages

A Curious Encounter with Alterity in 17th-Century French Canada

Modern history
At the origins of Public History
At the origins of Public History

Pietro Mattei and the historical rhyming songs

Modern history
Modernity or the Beard, You Can't Have Both
Modernity or the Beard, You Can't Have Both

Peter the Great's beard tax

Modern history
The Canton System
The Canton System

How to connect European powers through tea

Modern history
The SS or the land of milk and honey?
The SS or the land of milk and honey?

How and why Adolf Eichmann joined the Nazi Party

Contemporary history
Nine kings in one photo
Nine kings in one photo

The shot that represents the end of an era

Contemporary history
From apologist to apostate
From apologist to apostate

The story and religious parable of Fabian Fucan, a Japanese man disillusioned by the Jesuits.

Modern history
Polenta
Polenta

Story of a Very Poor Food

Contemporary history
Blood for the Gods
Blood for the Gods

The Vikings and Human Sacrifice: Myth or Reality?

Medieval history
The Failed Empire
The Failed Empire

The "China Enterprise": When Spain Planned to Conquer China

Modern history
The Sect of Assassins
The Sect of Assassins

The Order That Inspired Assassin's Creed

Medieval history
The Roman Empire and the Han Empire
The Roman Empire and the Han Empire

Imperial development in ancient Eurasia

Ancient history
The Transformation of Alexander the Great
The Transformation of Alexander the Great

How the Defender of Greek Freedom Became an Oriental Despot

Ancient history
Neapolitan Pizza is American
Neapolitan Pizza is American

Birth and Development of an Italian Product (Maybe)

Contemporary history
The Great Split in the Muslim World
The Great Split in the Muslim World

The dispute that created the first division among Muslims

Medieval history
A Web of Spies
A Web of Spies

Mendes/Nasi's Network of Sephardic informants

Modern history
The Inflated “Refunds” of Medieval Knights
The Inflated “Refunds” of Medieval Knights

An illicit system of fraud against the public based on false declarations of damages suffered in battle, in order to inflate the compensation due by the Municipality

Medieval history
Tomatophobia
Tomatophobia

The Initial Fear of Tomatoes

Prehistory
Entebbe story of a rescue
Entebbe story of a rescue

A nearly impossible operation changes the history of Israel

Contemporary history
The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields
The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields

The end of Attila's advance

Ancient history
The Phaistos Disc
The Phaistos Disc

A historical-archaeological mystery, with a unique peculiarity in the ancient world

Ancient history
Long queues of cars waiting for fuel
Long queues of cars waiting for fuel

1973-1974 The oil embargo imposed on the United States by the OPEC countries

Contemporary history
Dartmouth, 1956
Dartmouth, 1956

The Birth of Artificial Intelligence

Contemporary history
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola

How the World's Most Famous Drink Was Born

Contemporary history
Salvatore Todaro
Salvatore Todaro

The Gentleman Captain

Contemporary history
The extravagant Al-Hākim
The extravagant Al-Hākim

The story of an eccentric ruler in the Fatimid court

Medieval history
A “ciova de sivo e di pilo” to improve the ballistic properties of Neapolitan arquebuses
A “ciova de sivo e di pilo” to improve the ballistic properties of Neapolitan arquebuses

The decisive contribution of Neapolitan firearms at Lepanto which were able to pierce the wooden shields of the Turks

Modern history
The Venetians and that strange passion for Mexico City
The Venetians and that strange passion for Mexico City

Representation of Tenochtitlán in 16th century Venetian maps

Modern history
Aerophone a blind "radar"
Aerophone a blind "radar"

How the blind responded to a technological shortcoming

Contemporary history
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