William Wilberforce explains how the slave triangle worked.

After over a year talking about Europe and the US, it's finally time to spice things up a little and break into the Southern hemisphere! The story of Brazil's independence is... unusual, to say the least. It's not too often the guy...

From the Olympics to the UN we celebrate national identity and culture. Yet nations are typically the source of warfare and conflict. Would we be better to get rid of nations and borders in favour of a wider, ultimately global,...

A slave describes his journey from Africa across the Atlantic and the apalling conditions suffered by the slaves onboard ship. Part 2 of 2

What was the cause of the wall to be built? Why is the wall special to the Scottish?<br/>
Hadrians Wall, Part 1

How multiethnic do you think the west was? Did racism exist in Rome or was it more about status?<br/>
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Michael Scott on Classical Connections, Part 5

Landscape paintings were HUGE in the early 19th century, and the reason? Well, it's complicated.

Marcus Aurelius: the famous Stoic Emperor. His road to emperorship was long and winding. His time as emperor was even harder. Plagued by disease and wars, Aurelius still managed to maintain his philosophical point of view. Ideas from his...

What are the first glimpses of organized Indian opposition to British rule? What did the early Indian congress look like?<br/>
Yasmin Khan on the Indian Partition, Part 2

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Before the Mongols

This video gives an introduction to Zululand in Africa and its people.

An African slave describes slaves in Africa were captured and by whom

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Ottoman Coups of 1807-08

Welcome to the life story of Wu Zetian, a cold-blooded killer queen guaranteed to blow your mind. She's killed rivals, officials, sons, step-sons, grandsons, daughters-in-law, maybe a husband? She's been heavily vilified since her death...

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.

A description of the start of the British Empire with the early explorers, dating back to Tudor times.

While Austria-Hungary is depicted as a lead player in the prologue to the conflict, popular understanding paints them as a junior partner to the German Empire once the conflict begins, akin to Mussolini’s Fascist Italy. In reality,...

Byzantine Empire

A look at how India became fully integrated into the British Empire.

Is Islam a religion of peace or of rampant militarism? Why is there a certain part of Islam that believes itself to be completely incompatible with western democracy? Tom Holland on the Birth of Islam, Part 3

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire

What did the empire fail to do in the 19th century? How did nationalism affect it? In the end, what killed it?<br/>
Ottoman Empire with Kate Fleet, Part 7

Learn generally how the Ottoman empire worked.<br/>
Ottoman Empire with Kate Fleet, Part 1

What can we learn about democracy in the ancient world? What was the dynamism like in Athens when it came to democracy?<br/>
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Michael Scott on Classical Connections, Part 7