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![A Plague Tale: Innocence - Overview Gameplay Trailer](/uploads/kraked/6/6-1828_ci_preview.jpg)
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A Plague Tale: Innocence - Overview Gameplay Trailer
Available May 14: http://www.aplaguetale.com/shop Website: http://www.aplaguetale.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/APlagueTale Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/APlagueTale A Plague Tale: Innocence - Experience crafting, alchemy...
![Interview: Bringing Down the Roman Empire in a Game](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10189.jpg?v=1627024505)
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Interview: Bringing Down the Roman Empire in a Game
Today we are talking to Jon Shafer, lead designer of the computer game At the Gates, now available on PC, Mac, and Linux. In this game, you control a Barbarian tribe during the Migration Age, helping them survive, grow, and hopefully bring...
![Skara Brae](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/932.jpg?v=1655748785)
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Skara Brae
Skara Brae is a Neolithic Age site, consisting of ten stone structures, near the Bay of Skaill, Orkney, Scotland. Today the village is situated by the shore but when it was inhabited (c.3100-2500 BCE) it would have been further inland. Steady...
![Saturn](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4130.jpg?v=1714131666)
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Saturn
Saturn (Saturnus) was a Roman god with a similar history to Cronus from Greek mythology. Often depicted in art wielding a scythe he was considered an agricultural god, especially associated with seed-corn. The Saturnalia festival, named after...
![Henry Morgan](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14745.png?v=1671524707)
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Henry Morgan
Sir Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688) was a Welsh privateer who operated in the Caribbean against the Spanish Empire and then became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Morgan was a charismatic and able military leader who masterminded devastating...
![Samuel Bellamy](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14663.png?v=1633566604)
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Samuel Bellamy
Captain Samuel Bellamy, aka 'Black Sam' Bellamy (d. 1717), was a British pirate active during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Bellamy’s final ship Whydah was wrecked off Cape Cod in a storm, and the pirate captain drowned along with...
![Buccaneer](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14734.png?v=1671524765)
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Buccaneer
The buccaneers were privateers who attacked enemies of their state, namely Spain, in the Caribbean and on the American coast (the Spanish Main) throughout the 17th century. Initially hunters and then seamen and soldiers, the buccaneers successfully...
![Game Interview: Old World by Mohawk Games](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12890.png?v=1708900509)
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Game Interview: Old World by Mohawk Games
In this article, we interview the creators of Old World, the new upcoming game by Mohawk Games. We are here with Leyla Johnson, the head writer of the game and CEO, and Soren Johnson, who is the creative director. Jan (Ancient History...
![Game Review: Aggressors: Ancient Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10947.jpg?v=1618734604)
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Game Review: Aggressors: Ancient Rome
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy Audience: Hardcore Strategy Gamers Difficulty: Hard Aggressors: Ancient Rome is a turn-based 4X strategy game in which you control the fate of an ancient...
![Death, Burial & the Afterlife in the Ancient Celtic Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10911.jpg?v=1716674103)
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Death, Burial & the Afterlife in the Ancient Celtic Religion
The ancient Celts who occupied large parts of Europe from 700 BCE to 400 CE displayed a clear belief in an afterlife as evidenced in their treatment of the dead. In the absence of extensive written records by the Celts themselves, we are...