BBC World Histories Magazine - 03.2020

MA P^ ILL US TR AT IO N: PA UL HE W ITT B AT TL EF IE LD DE SI GN A strong Kurdish nationalist movement was slow to build and, ...

since. The Mahabad republic was quick- ly defeated by Iran, and Barzani went into exile in the Soviet Union, where he remained u ...

The United Kingdom has never been a single nation: no one ever speaks of being a ‘Ukanian’. The UK is a messy conglomerate forme ...

independence and also deepened its distinctive identity, being ruled since 1371 by the House of Stuart. In 1603, when Queen Eliz ...

David Reynolds is emeritus professor of international history at the University of Cambridge. His latest book is Island Stories: ...

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A respected tavernkeeper who served thirsty locals for decades. A hardworking dockhand. A skilled hunter, teacher and writer. Al ...

W EL LC OM E^ L IB RA RY Æ T he transgender rights movement has achieved widespread visibility and recogni- tion in the past dec ...

NE W^ YO RK PU BL IC^ LIB RA RY DI GI TA L^ C OL LE CT IO NS Transgender history womanhood as required by desire or circumstance ...

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NE W^ YO RK PU BL IC LI BR AR Y^ D IGI TA L^ C OL LE CT ION S event of murder, negligence or other wrongful death. In this case, ...

and the US took great interest in printing stories about them. Female husbands usually became known to local media in times of c ...

A year in pictures: 1982 ...

Æ An era of political and economic upheaval came to be defined by images of military persecution in Latin America, refugees in A ...

A year in pictures: 1982 GE TT Y^ I MA GE S/ AL AM Y Workers unite A group of demonstrators protests in Gda ́nsk, Poland on May ...

GE Æ TT Y^ I MA GE S Beirut at war A Palestinian fighter overlooks the Luna Park amuse- ment complex in Beirut during the First ...

A year in pictures: 1982 GE TT Y^ I MA GE S Searching for survivors Rescue workers survey the crash site of Air Florida Flight 9 ...

AK Æ G- IM AG ES /G ET TY IM AG ES On the breadline A queue of shoppers in the East German town of Jüterbog waits for a bakery t ...

A year in pictures: 1982 GE TT Y^ I MA GE S Floral tribute Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev lies in state in the House of Unions in ...