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POLICE,

The conception of the police force as a protective and law enforcement organization developed from the use of military bodies as guardians of the peace, such as the Praetorian Guard of ancient Rome. The Romans achieved a high level of law enforcement, which remained in effect until the decline of the empire and the onset of the Middle Ages. Beginning in the 5th century, policing became a function of the heads of fiefdoms and principalities.

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1918 Battle of Epehy

1945 MacArthur in Tokyo

1961 Hammarskjold dies in plane crash

1987 Accidental poisoning in Brazil

1964 North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration

1997 Turner's gift stuns U.N.

Rome - Engineering an Empire

The blueprints of the Roman Empire's greatest creations.

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Mexico

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World War II In 1939 a war began that changed the world in a way never paralleled.

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The Bible The Bible is at the core of both Christianity and Judaism and still plays a key role in everyday life.

Rome: Engineering an Empire:

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Barbarians: Vikings.

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Barbarians: Vikings.

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Barbarians: Huns.

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Barbarians: Huns.

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Barbarians: Goths.

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Barbarians: Goths.

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Rome: Engineering an Empire: Sunday, August 24 at 2 AM EDT

For more than 500 years, Rome was the most powerful and advanced civilization the world had ever known, ruled by visionaries and tyrants whose accomplishments . . .

Rome: Engineering an Empire: Sunday, August 24 at 6 AM EDT

For more than 500 years, Rome was the most powerful and advanced civilization the world had ever known, ruled by visionaries and tyrants whose accomplishments . . .

Barbarians: Vikings. Friday, August 22 at 4 PM EDT

Nordic peoples from the coasts of Scandinavia, these raiders and warriors were also explorers and merchants, whose slender ships carried them from Arabia . . .

Barbarians: Vikings. Friday, August 22 at 10 PM EDT

Nordic peoples from the coasts of Scandinavia, these raiders and warriors were also explorers and merchants, whose slender ships carried them from Arabia . . .

Barbarians: Huns. Friday, August 22 at 2 PM EDT

The Huns were a mysterious people who fell upon the European continent like the vengeance of God. Some say the Chinese built the Great Wall to keep them . . .

Barbarians: Huns. Friday, August 22 at 8 PM EDT

The Huns were a mysterious people who fell upon the European continent like the vengeance of God. Some say the Chinese built the Great Wall to keep them . . .

Barbarians: Goths. Friday, August 22 at 3 PM EDT

Terrorized by the Huns' savage raids, the Goths made a desperate bid for safety in the Roman Empire, but were forced into squalid concentration camps along . . .

Barbarians: Goths. Friday, August 22 at 9 PM EDT

Terrorized by the Huns' savage raids, the Goths made a desperate bid for safety in the Roman Empire, but were forced into squalid concentration camps along . . .