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Capri Cafaro learns about cheese and beer in Wisconsin and learns how both serve as a guide to how German and Swiss immigrants shaped the culture of the state

Julian Davison travels around the Mediterranean to chart the history of the Ottoman Empire and the battles that ensued during the conflict with Christian Europe

Julian Davison is in Malta delving into the country's history and learning how Ottoman Sultan Sulieman the Magnificent was prepared to risk everything to gain ownership of it

Famagusta in Cyprus was the jewel in the Venetian crown. Julian Davison takes a tour of the city's magnificent gothic cathedrals and formidable fortress, detailing the gory battles and fabled acts of heroism that took place here

Part one of two. Documentary exploring Sicily's ancient past when it was the breadbasket of the ancient and then medieval world

Part two of two. The island's role on the frontlines of a clash of civilisations during the Spanish era, when its glorious baroque buildings were also created

Recounting the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanjing through evidence smuggled out of the city by those who refused to flee in a heroic effort to help civilians

The daring efforts of the survivors who chose to stay in Nanjing as they tried to bring the massacre to light

Using real testimonies to reveal how the British government's attempts to suppress a Jewish uprising in Palestine in 1947 accelerated the creation of Israel in 1948

Capri Cafaro learns about cheese and beer in Wisconsin and learns how both serve as a guide to how German and Swiss immigrants shaped the culture of the state