400 years ago, a trio of tiny kingdoms were perched on some damp islands off the coast of Europe.

Within three short centuries, these islands would become the center of an empire which ruled a quarter of the globe and on which the sun never set.

I'm Samuel Hume, a historian of the British Empire, and my podcast,

Pax Britannica, follows the people and events that built that empire into a global superpower.

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The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.

When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves,

and when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans.

I'm Tracy, and I'm Rich.

And we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this

pivotal era in American history. Look for the Civil War and Reconstruction wherever

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Episode R10, The Bull and the Otten. The A clay fragments came in hard and fast, each impact punctuated by a fearsome shout.

The woman clearly did not want strangers poking around, even if it was pretty much the middle of nowhere. But of course if you want curious Europeans to go away the last thing you should do is

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