Trade & Economy
Why Britain? The Industrial Revolution Was Not Inevitable
Coal, colonies, culture or cheap labour: historians still disagree about why the machine age began where it did.
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Africa & the World
Who Built Great Zimbabwe, and Who Tried to Erase Them?
The largest stone ruins in sub-Saharan Africa were credited to the Queen of Sheba, Phoenicians and anyone but the Africans who built them.
Trade & Economy
When a Company Ruled a Subcontinent
The East India Company began as a trading venture and ended up with its own army and a territory larger than most states.