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The dam builders
The politics, power and engineering behind monumental dams
Alexander the Great or not so great?
One of the world鈥檚 most astonishing military leaders, but was he brilliant or brutal?
Rituals: Our anchors in a changing world
Why rituals and ceremonies enthral us and endure through the ages
Tropic谩lia: the movement that defied Brazil鈥檚 dictatorship
The story of Brazil鈥檚 counter-cultural push of the late 1960s
How the shipping container changed the world
How standardising the humble shipping container revolutionised world trade
Neanderthals: Meet the relatives
Recent scientific breakthroughs have overturned received wisdom about our ancient cousins
Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war
Little-known conflict that shaped Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the First World War
How we work: Redesigning the office
The concept of the office is being reimagined. What can we learn from its history?
When money died: The world's worst inflation
Hungary, 1946, where prices doubled every 15 hours
The writer Rachel Carson who fought insecticide wars
How Silent Spring, a book about DDT use, changed the way we think about the environment
