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Inside the medieval Inquisition, when Britain tried tariffs, Cyrus the Great, British naval strategy after Napoleon, South Africa’s San people, and more.

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August 2025

SELECTED ARTICLES FROM THIS ISSUE

‘Saving’ South Africa’s San Peoples

By the early 20th century the indigenous San peoples of South Africa were deemed to be almost extinct. The arguments for their protection drew on colonial methods of wildlife preservation and reduced them to the status of an endangered species.