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Region Archives:Africa

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How Saladin, Egypt’s first Sultan, unified his allies and won the admiration of his foes.

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Photo of Little Round Top, at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa., offers a sweeping view. From this hill, on the left end of the Union line, Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain led the 20th Maine Volunteers in a bayonet counterattack against the 15th Alabama Infantry and other Confederate units on July 2, 1863.

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by Gavin Mortimer3/17/20233/16/2023
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How a Boer Hunter Tracked an Elusive German Cruiser

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