THE GLOBAL LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING

World Histor ie s

FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON OUR GLOBAL PAST

Did the Age of Exploration do more harm than good?

PLUS

Trouble in the Pacific When European explorers ravaged Tahiti and Australia

Ancient hatreds or colonial divisions? The historical forces shaping Africa

Why Poland’s ‘Holocaust law’ matters HOW THE BBC MADE A NEW CIVILISATION Behind the scenes on the innovative new history series

Henry VIII in the ring Why the French and English kings wrestled

over diplomacy

Gold, water and oil: the ba￿le for global resources

ISSUE 9 APRIL/MAY 2018