The ancient Greek and Roman origins of the word barbarian
Learn how the word barbarian originated.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MarylandLearn about Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), November 9–10, 1938.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © clu-DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images; © Hunterbliss/Dreamstime.comLearn about Germany's economic boom in 1870–71.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Badboo/Dreamstime.com; © 1957 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; TV Radio Mirror Magazine, March 1957Learn about cultural changes in East and West Germany during the 1950s.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A video tour of the ruins of the ancient Greek colony of Paestum, Italy.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.An overview of ancient Greek civilization.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Infrastructure and influences of the Roman and Greek civilizations of old can still be seen in the southern Europe of today.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A look at how the definition of a hero has changed through the ages.
