Issue 13

Articles from issue 13 of BBC World Histories

Workers package Chicken Ramen, the first mass-produced instant noodles, in a factory in Japan, c1960

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The age of noodles: Momofuku Ando and the rise of ramen in post-war Japan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The magnificent ruins of the Great Mosque at Kilwa Kisiwani

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Africa’s medieval golden age

Mary Fulbrook and Richard J Evans. (Photo by Fran Monks)

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"Many of the Holocaust's perpetrators got away with it": why Nazi crimes went unpunished. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Are we returning to an age of political extremes? (Illustration by Davide Bonazzi for BBC World Histories Magazine)

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The big questionAre we returning to an age of political extremes?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 17th-century church of Santi Luca e Martina overlooks the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum

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ExploreRome, Italy: the 'eternal city'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.