Diplomacy
The Silk Road: Ancient Arteries of Trade
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China
130 BC
The Magna Carta: Foundation of Constitutional Law
In June 1215, English barons forced King John to seal the Magna Carta, establishing for the first time that the king was subject to the rule of law.
King John and the Crisis of Royal AuthorityKing John of England had exhausted the patience of his barons through a combination of military failure, arbitrary taxation, and contempt for feudal custom. His loss of Normandy to France in 1204 — a humiliation remembered by the chroniclers — and his subse...
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