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An influenza ward at a U.S. Army Camp Hospital in France during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.

20 of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history

By Owen Jarus, All About History

Disease outbreaks have ravaged humanity from prehistory to modern times, sometimes changing the course of history and even wiping out entire civilizations.

Beds with patients in an emergency hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas, in the midst of the Spanish flu pandemic.

Spanish flu: The deadliest pandemic in history

By All About History

Over 100 years ago, a killer strain of the influenza virus infected over a third of the world's population.

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal.

Raising the flag on Iwo Jima: Here's the story behind that iconic World War II photo

By All About History, Tom Garner

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines raised the U.S. flag over the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Their photo is one of the most iconic images of World War II.

This squad of Marines, 2nd Separate Engineer Battalion, Co. B, unloads supplies on Red Beach, Iwo Jima

The Battle of Iwo Jima: A gruesome victory for the Allied Forces

By All About History, Tom Garner

Fought on a tiny volcanic island 75 years ago, this brutal clash between American and Japanese forces defined the horror of the Pacific theater.

Jerusalem Aerial View of the Temple Mount

Why is Jerusalem important? A Q&A with historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore

By All About History

Jerusalem is the epicenter of several of the world's major religions, but its importance is much more than just spiritual.

The Black Death was a devastating medieval epidemic during which 50-60% of the people in Europe. This illustration depicts the diseased: Skeletons are rising from the dead for the dance of death.

What Was the Black Death?

By Winston Black, All About History

The Black Death killed over half the population of Europe during the Middle Ages.

An artist's impression of an alternative history of Berlin, if the wall between East and West had never been brought down.

What If the Berlin Wall Had Not Fallen in 1989?

By All About History

Thirty years ago this November, the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War — but what would have happened if East and West remained divided?

Photo of some of the artifacts in the Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks exhibit at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Bringing Ancient Mesopotamia to Life

By All About History

How building a narrative around ancient artifacts is bringing Mesopotamia to life.