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Our European glossary contains important terms that will help you understand the development of European history. Consult this channel to learn important terms.
How Cave Dwellers Work
Hairy, heavy-browed, dim-witted: This is our vision of a caveman. But the cavepeople created amazing art -- and cave dwelling didn't stop with the Neanderthals.
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How Dictators Work
Hitler, Kim Jong-Il, Saddam Hussein: Dictators come hand-in-hand with violence and controversy. But what makes a dictator different from any other leader?
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How did the East India Company change the world?
The East India Company didn't just cause the Boston Tea Party -- it forged new nations and established drug trade. So why is it the basis for modern corporations?
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How Fascism Works
In fascism, the state is all that matters, and constant conquest is necessary to glorify that state. But how do you convince people to support a philosophy that denies their personal value? Is fascism really still alive today?
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How the Berlin Wall Worked
The Berlin Wall splintered a city and divided a country, but it may also have prevented nuclear war. Why block off a city with concrete, barbed wire and land mines?
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How the Enlightenment Worked
The Age of Enlightenment was based on reason and science and featured some very heavy hitters: Voltaire, Descartes and Kant among them. But it took two Revolutions to truly test its principles.
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How the Great Train Robbery Worked
In 1963, criminals pulled off the largest train robbery in Britain's history. How did 15 men stop a train, and why did it take a Monopoly board to catch them?
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How the Spanish Inquisition Worked
Did anyone expect the Spanish Inquisition? It began with religious intolerance and ended with torture, with false accusations and unfair trials in between. How did this period of cruelty come to be?
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10 Items that Went Down with the Titanic
The Titanic has long been a source of fascination, partly because of the many stories associated with its sinking, but also because of the huge wealth that went down with the ship and remains on the ocean floor to this day.
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Renaissance
Renaissance, in a broad sense, the culturally fruitful period of transition from the medieval era into the beginning of modern civilization in Europe.
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Austria-Hungary, or Austro-Hungarian Empire, a country in central Europe from 1867 until 1918, At its greatest extent its area included what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and portions of adjoining countries.
See more »Balance of Power
Balance of Power, a relatively equal distribution of economic and military strength among rival countries or groups of countries.
See more »Barebones Parliament
Barebones Parliament, the governing body in England from July 4 to about December 11, 1653.
See more »Barrow
Barrow, or Tumulus, an ancient burial mound of earth or stone. Stone barrows are called cairns.
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Bastille, during the Middle Ages, a gate tower, fortress, or citadel. The bastille in Paris was used as a state prison, especially during the reigns of Louis XIV, XV, and XVI, and became a symbol of oppression.
See more »Bayeux Tapestry
Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered work depicting the events leading up to and including the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror.
See more »Bill of Attainder
Bill of Attainder, in English history, an act of Parliament convicting a person without trial.
See more »Bounty Mutiny
Bounty Mutiny, a revolt aboard a British ship, HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific Ocean in 1789.
See more »Britannia
Britannia, a poetic name for Great Britain and the territories it controls. The name comes from the Latin name for Britain, and is characterized as a classical female figure.
See more »Camorra
Camorra, formerly a secret criminal organization of Naples, Italy, similar to the Mafia of Sicily.
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