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<title>The History Files</title>
<description>An extensive collection of information covering all historical states, including comprehensive features, highly detailed maps, and lists of rulers for each state. To submit your own features, king list data, photos, audio files, or video files for inclusion, please visit the 'Contact us' page on the web site.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk</link>
<category>History</category>
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<title>Northern Yuan Mongols</title>
<description>The Mongols were expelled from China in 1368, fleeing to Mongolia to form the much-reduced Northern Yuan dynasty.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/AsiaMongols.htm#Yuan Northern Khans</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Europe: Apennine Culture</title>
<description>The Bronze Age Apennine culture appears in Italy from the early second millennium BC onwards, spanning most of the country as it emerged from the preceding Neolithic period.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/ItalyKingdom.htm#Apennine</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Novantae</title>
<description>The northern tribe of the Novantae had long been settled in south-western Scotland before the beginning of the Roman occupation.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/BritainNovantae.htm</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gallery: Churches of Wiltshire</title>
<description>Cross this rural West Country county via the Kennet &amp; Canal to see some of its best churches.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/SouthWest/Wiltshire_Kennet01.htm</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Railway Walks</title>
<description>Walk the formerly industrialised railway goods route from Bristol Temple Meads to Wapping Wharf.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/RailwayWalks/Britain/BristolTempleMeads_CanonsMarsh/BristolTempleMeads_CanonsMarsh01.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Khans of Mughulistan</title>
<description>The Chaghatayid khanate of Mughulistan inherited a wide expanse of territory from Chingiz Khan, stretching from Transoxiana to Mongolia.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/AsiaKyrgyzstan.htm#Mughalistan</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Villanova Culture</title>
<description>Located in central and upper Italy, this was probably the country's first Iron Age culture.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/ItalyKingdom.htm#Villanova</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>House of Balliol</title>
<description>John Balliol had been one of the main contenders for the vacant Scottish throne in 1290, and in 1292 that claim became reality.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/GaelsDalRiada.htm#House of Balliol 1</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barbary Corsairs</title>
<description>By about 1500, with Hafsid support, the Barbary corsairs were attempting to establish a nominally independent Algiers state.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAfrica/AfricaAlgeria.htm#Corsairs</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haapsalu Castle</title>
<description>Construction on Haapsalu Episcopal Castle began in the thirteenth century, as part of the German Crusader efforts to conquer all of the Baltics.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/CastlesEurope/Estonia/Haapsalu/Laane_Haapsalu01.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Golden Horde Mongols</title>
<description>With the collapse of the Blue Horde in 1357, it was Toqtamish Khan who reunited it with the White Horde, forming a greater Golden Horde.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/AsiaMongolsWhiteHorde.htm#Greater Golden Horde</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tribal Allegiances</title>
<description>Take a look at how barbarian tribes in Europe formed and broke alliances, something that could be affected by region and culture... and even expedience.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesEurope/BarbarianTribes02.htm</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Exarchate of Ravenna</title>
<description>The strong sixth century reign of Emperor Justinian I saw a successful campaign under General Belisarius begin the long process of recapturing much of Italy.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/ItalyKingdom.htm#Ravenna</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Caer Mincip</title>
<description>A little way to the north of Londinium is Verulamium, which later writers named Caer Mincip (modern St Albans is located alongside it).</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/BritainTrinovantes.htm#Caer Colun</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Photobox: Helme Order Castle</title>
<description>The castle is generally believed to have been built in the early fourteenth century, under the control of the Livonian Knights.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/CastlesEurope/Estonia/Helme/Valga_Helme01.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Almohads</title>
<description>The Almohads very quickly conquered the Almoravid empire, drawing much of eastern Algeria, Mauritania, and Tunisia into their realm, while also controlling all of Islamic Spain.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAfrica/AfricaMorocco.htm#Almohads</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mongol Great Horde</title>
<description>With rival Mongol khans stripping away its territories, the Golden Horde's remnants become known as the Great Horde.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/AsiaMongolsWhiteHorde.htm#Great Horde</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dukes of Neapolis</title>
<description>In response to the rebellion of John of Conza in 616-617, the exarchate of Ravenna created the duchy of Naples, or Neapolis.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/ItalyNaples.htm#Neapolis</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Lippe-Detmold Question</title>
<description>A now-obscure dispute over the succession in one of the German imperial states was a vital matter between 1895-1905.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesEurope/GermanyHRE_LippeDetmold01.htm</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archbishops of Canterbury</title>
<description>The Acts of Supremacy of 1534 signalled a dramatic change in the control of the church in England, with Henry VIII becoming its head.</description>
<link>http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/EnglandCanterbury.htm#Protestant</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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