Issue 12

Articles from issue 12 of BBC World Histories magazine

Sudeten-Germans Salute the Arrival of Nazi Guards in Czechoslovakia, 1938

Second World War

Czechoslovakia’s fate hangs in the balance: the build up to the Munich Conference of 1938

An illustration showing a woman 'Arib al-Ma’muniyya, playing an instrument while four men listen. A chess board is in the foreground

‘Arib al-Ma’muniyya: the enslaved medieval woman who sang her way to wealth

(Illustration by Davide Bonazzi for BBC History Magazine)

The big question: has the European Union been a success?

A British officer stands alongside two of his Japanese counterparts in 1914 in Tsingtao (now Qingdao). Japanese troops played a key role in the capture of that strategic German concession in north-east China. (Photo by Getty Images)

First World War

First World War: beyond the western front

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Plaza de Armas in historic center of Cusco, Peru

Explore Cusco, Peru: Navel of the Incan world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Crowds march through the streets of Chicago to hear Martin Luther King speak at the Illinois Rally for Civil Right on 21 June 1964

Seymour Hersh on the US civil rights movement and the Vietnam War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Professor Kathleen Burk and Simon Jenkins discuss Jenkins's new book, 'A Short History of Europe'. (Photo by David Hampton for BBC World Histories magazine)

Simon Jenkins and Kathleen Burk on the history of Europe