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  26th November 2015

  Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation

  In the 13th century Yiddish language and culture began to spread from the Rhineland and Bavaria slowly east into Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, then to... more »

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  26th November 2015

  Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilisation

  In BABYLON, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements (around 5400 BC) to the eclipse of Babylon by the Persians... more »

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  26th November 2015

  In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World’s First Prophet

  Long before the first Hebrew temple, before the birth of Christ or the mission of Muhammad, there lived in Persia a prophet to whom we... more »