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![Sparta](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1225.jpg?v=1736744707)
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Sparta
Sparta was one of the most important city-states in ancient Greece and was famous for its military prowess. The professional and well-trained Spartan hoplites with their distinctive red cloaks and long hair were probably the best and most...
![St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15795.png?v=1735212425)
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was a widespread slaughter of French Protestants (Huguenots) by Catholics beginning on 24 August 1572 and lasting over two months, resulting in the deaths of between 5,000 and 25,000 people. It began in...
![Henry VI of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11833.jpg?v=1737527464)
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Henry VI of England
Henry VI of England ruled as king from 1422 to 1461 CE and again from 1470 to 1471 CE. Succeeding his father Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE), Henry VI was crowned the king of France in 1431 CE but he could not prevent a French revival...
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War of the Third Coalition
The War of the Third Coalition (1805-1806) was a major European conflict during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). It was fought by an alliance of nations that included the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Naples, and Sicily, against...
![Ancient Greek Warfare](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/523.jpg?v=1696127469)
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Ancient Greek Warfare
In the ancient Greek world, warfare was seen as a necessary evil of the human condition. Whether it be small frontier skirmishes between neighbouring city-states, lengthy city-sieges, civil wars, or large-scale battles between multi-alliance...
![Napoleon Bonaparte](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13626.jpg?v=1730138045)
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a Corsican-born French general and politician who reigned as Emperor of the French with the regnal name Napoleon I from 1804 to 1814 and then again briefly in 1815. He established the largest continental...
![Sassanian Kings List & Commentary](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11937.jpg?v=1713343863)
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Sassanian Kings List & Commentary
The Sassanian Empire (224-651) was the greatest expression of Persian culture in the ancient world. It was consciously modeled on the earlier Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) which established Persian supremacy in the region and developed...
![Eighty Years' War](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16131.jpg?v=1699451826-1657196423)
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Eighty Years' War
The Eighty Years' War (1568-1648, also known as The Dutch Revolt and Dutch War of Independence) was a military conflict between the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands and Spain, which then governed them, beginning in the reign of King...
![Portuguese Angola](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14386.png?v=1724813829)
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Portuguese Angola
Portuguese Angola in southwest Africa was the first European colony on that continent. While settlement from 1571 proved problematic in the interior, the Portuguese did obtain a large number of slaves which they shipped to their Atlantic...
![Richard, Duke of York](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11892.jpeg?v=1735228032)
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Richard, Duke of York
Richard, 3rd Duke of York (l. 1411-1460 CE) was the richest man in England and one of the nobles who sparked off the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE), a dynastic dispute that rumbled on for four decades between several English kings, queens...