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Silk road

Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east. China also received nestorian Christianity and Buddism (from India) via the Silk Road.

Alan Turing | Biography, Facts, & Education | Britannica

Alan Turing, British mathematician and logician, a major contributor to mathematics, cryptanalysis, computer science, and artificial intelligence. — Läs på http://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing

Justice at last for Marie Colvin | News Review | The Sunday Times

To the colleagues of Marie Colvin, the Sunday Times journalist who was killed in Syria in 2012, the black eyepatch she wore for the last decade or so of her life was a defiant symbol of her courage — Läs på http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/justice-at-last-for-marie-colvin-nsnjg86h8

Sarajevo – background or plot

An ordinary summer day in the city of Sarajevo harbors the historic tale of world altering events that lead to the first world war. The story follows a Croatian magistrate and his struggles as he attempts to unravel the plots of two young men responsible for the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Was it coincidentalFortsätt läsa ”Sarajevo – background or plot”