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Why Brazil Should have become a Superpower | The Life & Times of Pedro II
Since more people than usual are probably reading this, I'll mention that before I started making complementary videos with footnotes and behind the scenes info for my Patreon supporters, my video descriptions had all that stuff in them...
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Who Killed Austria-Hungary? | The Life & Times of Franz Joseph
It was a dark and stormy night, like any other in the big city. I was on my lunch break when the mutton-chopped Methusalah came through my door in a hurry. He said “I like my historians like I like my eggs. Hard-boiled.” “Then you’ve...
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The Man Behind China's Golden Age | The Life & Times of Emperor Wu
I thought it’s time I really take the plunge into ancient China, by which of course I mean I did a bunch of research for Matt over at Useful Charts about the country’s past and had to desperately restrain myself from making a 52-part...
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The Final Days of Constantinople | The Life & Times of Constantine XI
I didn’t want to make this video, for a long time. Not because Constantine XI is some drab old king bogged down in meaningless politics, of course, but because I was honestly afraid that I wouldn’t be able to do this story justice,...
Jack Rackam
The Life & Times of Belisarius (History Abridged)
After the end of the Western Roman Empire, the story in the East is more or less a thousand years of “Well they tried their best but the climate screwed them, people kept dying of plague, every single one of their neighbors made a...
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My Favorite Lie about Rome
King Ancus Marcius was said to have been as warlike as Romulus and as peace-loving and pious as King Numa. Sure, that makes sense. He definitely did more religious rituals than his predecessor, considering the latter got smited with...
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Didius Julianus literally bought the Roman Empire
Didius Julianus was a Roman statesman raised by the same mother as Marcus Aurelius, one of the wisest emperors in history. He governed many provinces, he repelled Rome’s enemies and by the time he was nearing 60, he was looking at a...
One Minute History
117 Boudica - One Minute History
In the first century AD, Celtic Iceni queen Boudica leads an insurgency against Roman Empire forces as they conquer the British Isles. As dictated in her husband Prasutagus’s will, he bequeaths his kingdom to their two daughters and the...
Jabzy
What was Byzantine Constantinople like? | Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople History
What was Byzantine Constantinople like? | Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople History
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What did the Nazis want in WW2? | Nazi Empire, Greater German Reich, WW2 Alternative History
What did the Nazis want in WW2? | Nazi Empire, Greater German Reich, WW2 Alternative History
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What did Japan want in WW2? | Japanese Empire, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Hirohito
What did Japan want in WW2? | Japanese Empire, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Hirohito
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What Caused the Scramble for Africa? | History of Africa 1870-1885 Documentary 3/6
What Caused the Scramble for Africa? | History of Africa 1870-1885 Documentary 3/6
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Life in Angkor Wat: A Medieval description of the City
Life in Angkor Wat: A Medieval description of the City
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Russian Plans to Bring Back the Byzantine Empire | Constantinople, Catherine the Great
Russian Plans to Bring Back the Byzantine Empire | Constantinople, Catherine the Great
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Polish Plans to Destroy Russia | Japanese Alliance, Prometheism, Jozef Pilsudski
Polish Plans to Destroy Russia | Japanese Alliance, Prometheism, Jozef Pilsudski
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Moroccan Plans for Conquering Africa and the Americas
Moroccan Plans for Conquering Africa and the Americas
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Germany's Weird Plans to Win World War 1| Hindu-German Conspiracy, Indian Nationalism, German Empire
Germany's Weird Plans to Win World War 1| Hindu-German Conspiracy, Indian Nationalism, German Empire
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Latin-Epirote War | 3 Minute History
This is part 3 of a series. Part 1, Latin Bulgarian War: • Latin-Bulgarian W... Part 2, Latin Nicean War: • Latin-Nicean Wars...
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Byzantine Restoration | 3 Minute History
This is the final part of a series. Part 1, Latin Bulgarian War: • Latin-Bulgarian W... Part 2, Latin Nicean War: • Latin-Nicean Wars... Part 3, Latin Epirote War: • Latin-Epirote War... Part 4, Nicean Epirote Wars: • Latin-Epirote War...
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Greek Direct Democracy
This video will explain the way in which Greece became a direct democracy and the problems that the system created for the Greek people.
60 Second Histories
Was the British Empire a good or bad thing?
This video explores the raw materials from around the Empire helped fire the Industrial Revolution, this video takes a look at what was traded and with whom.
Weird History
Who Was Emperor Maximunus Thrax?
While many factors led to the fall of the Roman Empire, the Crisis of the 3rd Century embodied the turmoil that eventually ended Rome's centuries-long rule. More than 20 barracks emperors - men who came to power thanks to their military...