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China’s disinterest in Western goods forced Britain to introduce toxic merchandise to facilitate trade.

Some languages are harder to learn than others. Difficulty often depends on your first language, so here are the hardest languages for English speakers.

Born and raised in Germany, Marlene Dietrich later renounced her German citizenship to become one of the loudest celebrity voices against the Third Reich.

In first-century Roman Judea, barley and taxes were characteristic of social standing, and Jesus’ miracles upset the status quo.

Kepler was a court astrologer, but also a man of science, whose search for the truth had unintended consequences.

Operation Steinbock, sometimes known as “The Baby Blitz,” was the last air offensive launched by German bombers against the UK during World War II.

In the latter half of the 19th century, a revolution was taking place in Japan where the old ways were being replaced.

Paris was once a congested labyrinth of narrow streets, until the massive modernization of the 19th century.