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Queen Elizabeth the Second: Part 2 of 2
How will the era-spanning reign of Queen Elizabeth II be remembered?
First Emperor of China
How did a teenage king change the course of Chinese history forever?
Queen Elizabeth the Second: Part 1 of 2
Queen Elizabeth II modernised her role while managing a family often thrown by scandal.
Anne Frank
Anne Frank鈥檚 diary captured life in hiding during WWII, through which her story lives on.
The Terracotta Army
Discovered in 1974, the Terracotta Army became the unofficial eighth wonder of the world.
Alfred Hitchcock
How did an introverted working-class boy become Hollywood's 鈥楳aster of Suspense鈥�?
Chernobyl
1986. The Chernobyl power plant becomes the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
The Romanovs
The Romanovs turned Russia from a fractured land into one of history's largest empires
Henry VIII
In 1509, at just seventeen years old, Henry VIII was crowned King of England.
The Anglo-Saxons
How did the Anglo-Saxon period shape England as we know it today?
