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hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td></tr> <tr> <td width="10"><img src="/web/20060701040338im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="1" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td valign="top"><span class="linkLists"><a href="/web/20060701040338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/" class="main">Ancient History</a></span>  <a href="/web/20060701040338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/anglo_saxons/" class="sub">Anglo Saxons</a>, <a href="/web/20060701040338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/" class="sub">Egyptians</a>, <a href="/web/20060701040338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/" class="sub">Romans...</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"><img src="/web/20060701040338im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" height="1" width="10" border="0" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="0"/></td> <td valign="top"><span class="linkLists"><a href="/web/20060701040338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/" class="main">Society and Culture</a></span>  <a 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