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EVENTFrance and Europe

1769 to 1821

Napoleon Bonaparte

France and Europe

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8 minAudio

EVENTPtolemaic Egypt

69 to 30 BCE

Cleopatra VII of Egypt

Ptolemaic Egypt

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7 minAudio

EVENTSouth Africa

1918 to 2013

Nelson Mandela

South Africa

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8 minAudio

BOOK

Team of Rivals

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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7 minAudio

EVENTMongolia and Eurasia

c. 1162 to 1227

Genghis Khan

Mongolia and Eurasia

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6 minAudio

EVENTItaly and France

1452 to 1519

Leonardo da Vinci

Italy and France

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7 minAudio

EVENTEngland

1533 to 1603

Elizabeth I

England

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8 minAudio

EVENTPoland and France

1867 to 1934

Marie Curie

Poland and France

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7 minAudio

EVENTSouth Africa and India

1869 to 1948

Mahatma Gandhi

South Africa and India

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7 minAudio

BOOK

Alexander Hamilton

by Ron Chernow

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7 minAudio

BOOK

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

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7 minAudio