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All About History Annual

All About History Annual (2024) - Vol.10
Magazine

Retelling the true story behind history’s most memorable events, All About History Annual will transport you back in time. Broken up into thematic sections – Empires & Civilisations, Power & Politics, Death & Disaster and Fame & Fortune – this collection gathers All About History’s best content from the the past year. So sit back and immerse yourself in the highlights and low points from our tumultuous past. Featuring: Empires of the world - Dig up the foundations of ancient and powerful societies that have roamed Earth. People of power - Read the true stories of controversial characters and influential leaders. Devastating events - Uncover the role of death in society and revisit deadly events. Icons & ambitions - Peek behind the fickle veil of fame and witness its impact on the stars.

ALL ABOUT HISTORY ANNUAL

All About History Annual

ANCIENT TALES

SECRETS OF STONEHENGE • From ceremonial site to sun calendar, find out how and why this ancient monument was built

A LESSER HENGE? • Gobekli Tepe in Turkey is a far older megalithic monument that is, arguably, more important than Stonehenge

MERLIN AND STONEHENGE • Why Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed it was a war memorial created by the legendary wizard

HAMMERING AWAY • The tools used to construct Stonehenge

ZENOBIA WARRIOR QUEEN • How the self-proclaimed heir to Cleopatra and Queen Dido of Carthage forged herself an empire amid Rome’s troubles

FOUR ZENOBIA FACTS • Vital things to know about the empress and her realm

ZENOBIA TIMELINE • Key events in the life of the Palmyrene empress

REBEL GREEK PHILOSOPHERS • These intriguing, eccentric and bizarre thinkers challenged what the ancient world thought it knew

TUTANKHAMUN • How Egypt’s legendary boy king came to power and who was really in control

SYMBOLS OF POWER • Items that helped pharaohs exude wealth and authority

ADVISERS TO THE BOY KING • Key figures who worked behind the scenes

EGYPT’S YOUNG PHARAOHS • Tutankhamun was far from the only child to rule Egypt

KINGS & QUEENS

MARY VS ELIZABETH • How the battle between the queens reshaped the English monarchy

MARY I TIMELINE • Key events in the life of Henry VIII’s eldest child

MARRIAGE MATERIAL • The prospective betrothals that Mary and Elizabeth avoided

BURIED TOGETHER • The sisters now lie together at Westminster Abbey

THE FIRST (and last) KING of HAITI • The short-lived monarchy of Henry Christophe, rebel leader of the Haitian Revolution

REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS • The Haitians who helped forge a new nation

A KING’S FORTRESS • The impressive Citadelle Henry explained

Victoria and Albert • The great romance that reshaped the monarchies of Europe

DEAR DIARY • Queen Victoria’s courtship with Albert in her own words, taken from her surviving journals

A PRINCESS IN DEMAND • Many young princes were paraded before Victoria

A ROYAL CHRISTMAS • How Victoria and Albert marked the festive season

TAMAR THE GREAT Georgia’s Golden Queen • How the legendary monarch advanced the gilded age of medieval Georgia

King or Queen? • Why is Tamar sometimes referred to as a Georgian king?

The Knight in the Panther’s Skin • The epic poem that idolised Queen Tamar

WAR STORIES

THE LAST CRUSADERS • Uncover the secrets of the famous chivalric order that put Europe’s ‘Pagans’ to the sword

TEUTONIC TIMELINE • Key events in the evolution of this crusader order

TACTICS AND ORGANISATION • Well-trained, well-armed and disciplined, the Teutonic knight was a formidable warrior

LEADERS & COMMANDERS • The knights were...

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  • English