Issue 13

Articles from issue 13 of BBC World Histories

Workers package Chicken Ramen, the first mass-produced instant noodles, in a factory in Japan, c1960

The age of noodles: Momofuku Ando and the rise of ramen in post-war Japan

The magnificent ruins of the Great Mosque at Kilwa Kisiwani

Africa’s medieval golden age

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Mary Fulbrook and Richard J Evans. (Photo by Fran Monks)

“Many of the Holocaust’s perpetrators got away with it”: why Nazi crimes went unpunished . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Are we returning to an age of political extremes? (Illustration by Davide Bonazzi for BBC World Histories Magazine)

The big question Are we returning to an age of political extremes?

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The 17th-century church of Santi Luca e Martina overlooks the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum

Explore Rome, Italy: the 'eternal city' . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.