Curated Video
Why Africans Never Invented the Wheel
This video explores the history of wheel use in Africa and debunks the misnomer which popularly portrayks it as a pre-historic technology analogous to fire ow shelter.
History Hit
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan: The birth of something new
What happened around the time of all the confrontations between the Byzantine and Persian superpowers? The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 5
Jabzy
Myth of the Silk Road - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Myth of the Silk Road
Curated Video
Punic Wars from the Carthaginian Perspective | Animated History
The ancient Mediterranean was the scene of an epic clash between two empires to determine who would control the area: the Roman Republic and Carthaginian Empire. In this video, we will examine the Punic Wars from the Cathaginian...
Curated Video
Rommel's Worst Defeat: Second Battle of El Alamein | Animated History
Erwin Rommel is one of the most instantly recognisable military figures in history. His exploits in the early part of The Second World War defined the concept of armored warfare, and played a major part in the swift conquest of France....
The March of Time
1942: U.S. CONSULATE IN FRANCE: HA XWS Ships in Tangier harbor. LA MS American flag on top of US consulate, Vichy. MS Alleyway (dark). INT MS US Diplomat Robert Daniel Murphy (1874-1978) at desk talking w/ French officials. MS Murphy talking. WWII
MOT 1942: U.S. CONSULATE IN FRANCE: HA XWS Ships in Tangier harbor. LA MS American flag on top of US consulate, Vichy. MS Alleyway (dark). INT MS US Diplomat Robert Daniel Murphy (1874-1978) at desk talking w/ French officials. MS Murphy...
Jabzy
Italian Plans During WW2 - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Italy's Plans During WW2
History Hit
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan
In the East Meets West season, this is the starting point. Frankopan's rightly lauded book has done what it said on the cover: created a new history of the world. For way too long we Westerners have been espying history through the lens...
Jabzy
Barbary Wars - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Barbary Wars
History Hit
Maps: Our Place in the World
Many of us can’t help but be obsessed with maps – including Dan. They tell us where we are in the world and let us know how our environment has changed overtime. History, geography and philosophy – maps cross all these fields of study....
AllTime 10s
10 Empires That Came Close To World Domination
Genghis Khan, Alexander The Great, Queen Victoria... only a handful of people can claim to have held the world in their hands. These are the ten empires that came so close to owning the Earth.
The Economist
How the D-Day landings shaped the world
75 years ago allied forces pulled off the largest seaborne invasion the world has ever seen. The D-Day landings helped liberate Europe from the Nazis—they were also instrumental in changing the world order
ProTeachersVideo
Sabrina Broadbent's Masterclass: Ways into Shakespeare's Othello
Sabrina Broadbent inspires students in an active lesson for a group of Year 10s to encourage engagement with a play like Othello. In this, the first of two Shakespeare masterclasses, a group of Year 10 students from north London start on...
The March of Time
MOT 1951: MAP: North Africa & the Middle East
MOT 1951: MAP: North Africa & the Middle East.PAN from Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Egypt to map of Middle Eastern countries - Persian Gulf.
Bloomberg
The Business of Sports in Africa
It's not just a game. Sports is an industry measured in the hundreds of billions and, played right, can catapult emerging economies to new heights economically and reputationally. In Africa, home to the world's fastest-growing...
Bloomberg
Fortescue's Forrest Sees 'Huge Potential' in Africa
Fortescue Executive Chairman Andrew Forrest says the company is looking at a range of projects in Morocco because of the potential is sees in Africa. He spoke to Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja at the Bloomberg New Economy Gateway Africa...
Press Association
UK police ‘to help crack down’ on people smugglers operating in North Africa
UK police officers are to be tasked with breaking up people-smuggling gangs alongside security forces in North African countries, it has been reported. The Times newspaper has been told National Crime Agency (NCA) officers would join...
Getty Images
Great Pyramids - Cairo, Egypt
View from the tourist lookout point on the Giza Plateau of the Great Pyramids just outside of Cairo, Egypt.
Getty Images
A cattle camp in South Sudan
Life farming the Ankole-Watusi cattle on the outskirts of the capital of South Sudan, Juba on the banks of the Nile River, Mundari Cattle Camp
Getty Images
WS Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins / FEZ, Morocco
WS Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins / FEZ, Morocco
Getty Images
MS Wide tree lined streets in Lusitania district / CASABLANCA, Morocco
MS Wide tree lined streets in Lusitania district / CASABLANCA, Morocco
Getty Images
WS Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins / FEZ, Morocco
WS Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins / FEZ, Morocco