In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right....

In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right. John...

Battle of the Three Kings, 1578 AD (Part 1/2) Portugal launches a Crusade against Morocco

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In 1165, copies of a strange letter began to circulate throughout Europe. It spoke of a fantastical realm, containing the Tower of Babel and the Fountain of Youth— all ruled over by the letter’s mysterious author: Prester John. Who was...

After Christian Europeans successfully seized Jerusalem from Islamic infidels during the Crusades of the Middle Ages, various entities originated in the Holy Land to exert influence over this contested region. One of these was the Order...

This video provides a detailed account of the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks, highlighting the military strategies, political maneuvers, and ultimate defeat of Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes....

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...

What was the whole process of European discovery? What does Britain have to do with the silk roads?<br/>
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 2

Matrilineal Dynasties Part 2 | Eleanor of Aquitaine & Euphrosyne of Constantinople

In the aftermath of the war, Britain needed a way to remember their fallen. The Cenotaph and The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier would become the focus for the nation to remember, particularly on the anniversary of the Armistice. THE...

In the aftermath of the war, Britain needed a way to remember their fallen. The Cenotaph and The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier would become the focus for the nation to remember, particularly on the anniversary of the Armistice. THE...

Most history books will tell you that the Roman Empire fell in the fifth century CE, but this would've come as a surprise to the millions who lived in the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages. This Medieval Roman Empire, today called the...

I'm an artist that uses photoshop to bring old images and statues into the modern day. I use photo-compositing and digital drawing techniques to achieve a more photo-realistic appearance. Welcome to the history and reveal of my Saladin...

The convent was founded by the Order of Poor Knights of the Temple (or Templar Knights) in 1118. Its construction continued until the final part of the 12th century with the construction of the oratory, in one of the angles of the...

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