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Who Was Who in the Khmer Rouge, Part 1
Beyond Pol Pot and Ta Mok This article was posted in March, 1999. In the two decades since the regime was toppled, not a single Khmer Rouge has been tried in a court of law…Who Was Who in the Khmer Rouge, Part 2
by Borgna Brunner On April 15, 1998, Pol Pot died. His body was hastily cremated without an autopsy, and there has been some speculation that his former comrades poisoned him. He died…Understanding the Turkey-Kurd Conflict
by Elissa Haney This article was first posted on March 2, 1999. Boys from a Kurdish family herd sheep in Suleymaniya, in northern Iraq. Between 1974 and 1991, Iraq's army evicted…Kurdish History Timeline
by Borgna Brunner Related Links Turkey | Map KurdistanIraq Primer The Kurds have lived in a mountainous, roughly 74,000-square-mile region known as Kurdistan for the past two millennia…The Voyages
Pinpointing the explorer's whereabouts on October 12, 1492 Watch this video to discover Columbus's role in the "discovery" of the the New World and his…1–999 AD World History
Roman AqueductMontpellier, France Tina Diodati Christ Celtic Cross Renée Scott Mayan Pyramid at Chichén Itzá Renée Scott Japanese Pagoda Erik Hjortshoj Viking…1000–1099 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
Mesa VerdeCliff Dwellings(c. 1000–1300)Pete MaioCathedral and Tower at PisaTasha Vincentc. 1000–1300Classic Pueblo period of Anasazi culture; cliff dwellings.c. 1000Hungary and Scandinavia…1100–1199 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
Chartres CathedralTasha Vincent1100–1300Construction of Cathedral at Chartres, France.1144Second Crusade begins.c. 1150Angkor Wat is completed.1150–1167Universities of Paris and Oxford…The Crusades
(1096–1291) In 1095 at Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II calls for war to rescue Holy Land from Muslim infidels. The First Crusade (1096) is assembled in response to Emperor Alexius I. The…1200–1299 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
The CrusadesKing John(1167–1216)Thomas Aquinas(1225–1274)1200–1204Fourth Crusade.1211Genghis Khan invades China, captures Peking (1214), conquers Persia (1218), invades Russia (1223), dies (…Trending
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