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The Queen of Sinking Ships<br>Yes, another Titanic Story
Let’s make history fun, learn about the story of “The Queen of Sinking Ships”. This is the a…
The story of the Monster in the Maze
The Greek myth of the Minotaur inspires the story of Monster in the Maze. Theseus goes into a Maze a…
Athens where democracy started
While Churchill’s view is true, so is Abraham Lincoln’s, he described it as “Of the people, by the p…
The ghosts of Anne Bolyen
Anne Boleyn is a very busy ghost. They claim that her ghost haunts several English castles. We all k…
Have you ever heard of Vice President William King?
Have you ever heard of William King? I bet you haven’t, and never knew that he was a vice president …
After the Romans and before 1066 who invaded England?
During this period England was open to be conquered by any north European tribe, therefore the Germa…