Issue 2

Articles from Issue 2 (February/March 2017) of BBC World Histories Magazine

Vladimir Ilyich Ulianov

Vladimir Lenin and his lust for power

The Battle of Lepanto between Holy League soldiers and Ottoman troops

The battle of Lepanto: when Ottoman forces clashed with Christians

Illustration by Davide Bonazzi.

Did the Cold War ever really end?

Striking workers carry banners through the streets of Petrograd (St Petersburg) at the start of the February Revolution that brought the fall of the Russian monarchy the next month. (Getty Images)

Russia’s revolutions: How 1917 shaped a century

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Ruth Williams Khama: first lady of Botswana

British reenforcement land on 'Gold Beach' for the big push into the Normandy town of Caen

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An eyewitness account of the Normandy landings, France, 1944

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Tom Holland in conversation with Pankaj Mishra about his book Age of Anger

Age of Anger: Pankaj Mishra in conversation with Tom Holland . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of the capture of Jerusalem during the third crusade

Crusader, deserter and traitor: the life and legacy of Raymond III of Tripoli

The Tibetan plateau lies at an altitude averaging over 4,500 metres above sea level

In the footsteps of Sir Francis Younghusband’s 1903 invasion of Tibet

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Colourful streets of the Bo-Kaap district in Cape Town South Africa

Explore Cape Town: Africa’s ‘Mother City’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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“The idea that pharaohs were worshipped as all-powerful gods is just plain silly”: John Romer on the truth about ancient Egypt . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.