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Did they have inflation in the 16th Century
Yes, they did, but it was not inflation as we know it, because prices didn’t rise as fast as they do…
Lying on the beach have you ever thought who started the Package Holiday?
It was a man called . More interestingly it was 180 odd years ago in 1841 when a cabinet maker fro…
Why do we hang stockings at Christmas?
Did you know: That we hang them up because of Saint Nicholas, the Christian Bishop of Myra? So, who …
Would you use this defence today?
This story is about a lady called Phryne, history tells us that she was an ancient Greek courtesan…
What was the Silk Road?
What was the Silk Road? The Silk Road was a network of trade routes from China to Europe that ran fr…
What was the biggest company in the world between 1600 and 1750?
It was the East India Company. What was it? It was a company that was so powerful that it effected t…