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ISLAMIC GOLDEN AGE

How this cultural movement helped to change the

BATTLE OF CAPORETTO

Greatest Battles

What If… THE ASSASSINATION OF RASPUTIN HAD FAILED?

Could the survival of “Russia’s greatest love machine” have altered the course of World War I?

THE COLOUR REVOLUTION

Through History

REVIEWS

The books, TV shows and films causing a stir in the history world this month

HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD

Fact versus fiction on the silver screen

CHICKEN MARENGO

On The Menu

Key Events

C.786 HOUSE OF WISDOM Epitomising the lust

MUSTANSIRIYA MADRASAH

Baghdad, Iraq 1227 – present

BRONZE INCENSE BURNER

This magnificent lion-shaped incense burner would not have been out of place in a palace Taybad, Iran, 1181 CE

THINKERS AND PIONEERS

The Islamic Golden Age was a period of advancements in many fields, here are ten individuals who broke new academic ground

THE LASTING LEGACY OF THE GOLDEN AGE

Rachel Parikh explains how this period of cultural, artistic and scientific advancements has impacted modern life

ARCHITECTURE OF THE GOLDEN AGE

From graceful minarets to gleaming astrolabes, medieval Islam

THE RISE OF NAPOLEON

How the French Republic was seduced by its charismatic and calculating war-hero

THE LAST ROMAN

GALLA PLACIDIA

Agincourt

Reevaluating

THE MAN BEHIND MLK

BAYARD RUSTIN

The First Fairy Tales

Discover the origins of your favourite magical folklore

THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT

Who was the mysterious man who claimed to be the long-lost heir to one of Britain’s oldest aristocratic families?