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King John (1167-1216) signs the Great Charter (Magna Carta) the charter of English liberties, Runnymede, Surrey, 1215 (1864). The Angevin kings of England, Henry II, Richard I and John arbitrarily abused feudal rights. The nobility forced King John to sign the Magna Carta, guaranteeing their restoration.

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Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

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