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• Viking Longships: How They Were Built and Sailed
  Viking longships were long, shallow ships driven by oars and one square sail, which carried Norse crews from Scandinavia to Iceland, Greenland and North America.
• Magna Carta Explained: What It Said and Why It Mattered
  Magna Carta, sealed by King John of England in 1215, limited royal power and set out legal protections that later shaped constitutional law. Here is what it said.
• The Black Death: How the Plague Changed Medieval Europe
  The Black Death killed an estimated third to half of Europe between 1347 and 1351. Learn its cause, how it spread, and how it reshaped society and medicine.