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War of the WorldThe War of the World
According to historian Niall Ferguson, from the Russo-Japanese war of 1904/5 to the aftershocks of the Cold War, the 20th century was by far the bloodiest in history. In this website, Ferguson explains why this came about, and there is an extensive chronology of the events that made this the ‘age of hatred’.

The CeltsThe Celts
Who were the Celts – a people with a distinctive language and culture whom the Romans gradually pushed to the western fringe of Europe, or something more complicated and mysterious?