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Explore the story of Gertrude Bell, an explorer, spy, archaeologist and diplomat.
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In a letters to her parents, Gertrude describes the beauty of the Tigris River at dusk.
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Winston Churchill, Gertrude Bell, T.E. Lawrence, and others meet at the Cairo Conference.
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Gertrude Bell is apprehensive toward the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference in 1916.
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Gertrude Bell returns to the archaeological site of Babylon in 1918.
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The end of the Cairo Conference of 1921 is held at the Egyptian Pyramids.
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Gertrude Bell discusses the fandango about her groundbreaking report.
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On her journey to Hail in 1914, Gertrude Bell meets the Howeitat Tribe.
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Gertrude Bell arrives in Constantinople on May 20, 1914.
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Gertrude Bell questions the British occupation of Iraq in 1917.