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Silk Routes: Two Thousand Years of Trading
Luxuries and everyday goods that travelled East and West

Indian Princely States
The lives of the Princes of India, their relationship with the British and legacy today

The Creation of Modern Canada
Exploring the Confederation of Canada in 1867

Childhood: From Toddlers to Teenagers
Through the ages and across the world, how have our ideas about childhood changed?

Arthur Conan Doyle: The man behind Sherlock Holmes
The life of doctor and literary star Arthur Conan Doyle.

Telling the time: From sundials to satnav
A brief history of how we tell the time

The bittersweet tale of cocoa
The history of cacao in the Americas, from the Maya to the Aztecs

Taiwan: An Island History
An exploration of the island of Taiwan

Amelia Earhart: Trailblazer in the skies
The inspirational life of the celebrated American aviator

How the metre changed the world
The universal unit of length that joined up the globe