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Shah of Persia. The greatest of the Safavid rulers, he created a professional army and greatly enlarged Persian territory, driving out the Uzbeks and wining land from the Ottoman Turks. He encouraged the arts and trade, granting commerce rights to European merchants. More at: History
Novelist Charles Dickens was one of the most beloved figures of 19th century Britain – a cross between J K Rowling and Father Christmas. He loved the public’s adoration of him. In his later years, however, and up to the time of his death, he undertook an arduous series of public lectures up and down…
