In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, protests and unrest continued continued across Europe, and the Soviet Union was having increasing trouble holding its sphere of influence together. Today you'll learn about the labor strikes of...

The European Renaissance may have started in Florence, but it pretty quickly moved out of Italy and spread the art, architecture, literature, and humanism across Europe to places like France, Spain, England, and the Low Countries....

The aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact had a huge impact on the countries of Eastern Europe. As the former satellite states turned away from communism and Soviet influence, some of them shifted toward...

The thing about European History is that it tends to leak out of Europe. Europeans haven't been great at staying put in Europe. As human beings do, the people of Europe were very busy traveling around to trade, to spread religion, and in...

You may have noticed that the internet is terrible at religious discourse. Well, this is not a new phenomenon. In the early 16th century, the Roman Catholic church dominated Christianity in Europe, and the institution was starting to...

The thing about European History is that it tends to leak out of Europe. Europeans haven't been great at staying put in Europe. As human beings do, the people of Europe were very busy traveling around to trade, to spread religion, and in...

How to Topple an Empire with 600 Guys | The Life & Times of Hernan Cortes

Watch the fascinating story of the deadliest warrior in the Spanish Conquistadors - Hernon Cortes. The man responisble for the massacre and decline of the Regional Empire. Highlighting the strategies developed to over power and creating...

MS T/L Shot of Tall trees in forest / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS PAN Reflection of trees in water / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

(Camera: Raul Garcia).- Madrid's Prado Museum has put on display for the first time its collection of miniatures in an exhibition in which visitors can enjoy 39 delicate works of art made for European courts before the arrival of...

MS TU Shot of trees in forest / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS TU Reflection of trees in water / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

Joaquine Cortes . (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)

WS T/L Grey cloudy skys moving over islands and Strait of Georgia with mountains / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS R/F Shot of wild flowers / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS PAN Across marina of boats and buildings with geese on shoreline / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

WS View of boats in Strait of Georgia cove / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS TD Flags to cars parked on ferry / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS SLO MO PAN Woman walks along bank with waves breaking along shore / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS PAN Ferry pulls away from dock wih stormy clouds in sky / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS Shot of Spiders sits in web attached to tree / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

MS TS TD Seaplane passes by boats with tree / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada

CU Shot of Spider jumps across its web / Cortes, British Columbia, Canada