It's 427 BCE and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its fourth year. Athens is facing a big decision: what to do with the people of Mytilene, a city on the island of Lesbos where a revolt against...

The Roman Kingdom falls and a Republic is born--Part 1 of history's greatest revolutions that created our modern civilization.

Howcast -Learn the history of beer from expert Katherine Kyle in this Howcast video.

Pupil outcome: I can explain different causes of the Peasants' Revolt. Key learning points: - The Peasants' Revolt began in June 1381 when residents of a town in Essex refused to pay the poll tax. - Wat Tyler, a low-born labourer from...

The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed the first direct British tax on American colonists, igniting widespread protest and setting the stage for rebellion.

Abolitionist John Brown viewed the fight against slavery as a holy endeavor that could only be won through violence. His raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt to spark a mass uprising of enslaved people across the South.

At the time of the American Revolution, enslaved Africans made up a fifth of the population of the Thirteen Colonies. Though they were initially barred from taking part in the war, eventually thousands did. But what part did they play...

Nat Turner’s Rebellion was the deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history. By shattering the illusory peace of the Southern states, it led to restrictive new laws that codified slavery across the U.S.

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In 1816, Russian military officers from the elite Guards regiments formed a secret society known as the Union of Salvation, with the goal of reforming the autocratic regime and ending serfdom. Led by prominent figures like Sergei...

Travel to Old Fort Velasco and learn about how the disurbances at Anahuac and the battle of Velasco almost led to Texas Revolution

This video tells the story of Mihai, a skilled general seeking to unify Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia into a powerful kingdom. Facing internal and external threats, Mihai's ambitious plans lead to a decisive battle at Miraslau...

This video describes the rise of Bachdan Kamelnitsky, a Cossack leader who initiated a successful uprising against the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth in the mid-17th century. Through strategic alliances and military prowess, Kamelnitsky...

University of Oxford historian John Elliott discusses the importance of studying events that did not occur, known as "non-events," using the analogy of the dog that doesn't bark in Sherlock Holmes stories. Through examining why certain...

University of Oxford historian John Elliott describes an experience very early in his research career when he discovered that a pivotal archive had long burned down, a discovery that necessarily launched him in another, remarkably...

Historian John Elliott, University of Oxford, describes how historians studying societies other than their own need to balance objective assessment and societal assimilation, a balancing act that invariably brings with it a multitude of...

Want to learn about the rest of Byzantine/Roman history? I got you covered - • Byzantine Emperor Something something the fall of Rome documentary (because this is definitely a documentary), Zeno and Odoacer Dark Ages. May the Algorithm...

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Find out why I call Thomas Paine's "Common Sense", the "Book of Duh" and I relate to a colonial Oprah. Seven arguments from Paine detailing why we need to leave Great Britain HipHughes walks you through the basics of the first declared...

Chronicles the exploits of Cortes, De Soto, and Coronado; and Spanish incursions into South & Central America, Mexico and the American Southwest. This video looks at the Spanish settlement of Santa Fe and the issues that arose for those...

Whiskey fanned the flames of a Pennsylvanian tax uprising that lasted for three years!

In the late 1700s, three major revolutions changed the course of history in the name of freedom and equality. The Age of Revolutions bore witness to this change.

The Pentagon conducted a war game in 2018 that pitted armed forces against a youth uprising dubbed Zbellion.

An introduction to Simon de Montfort, Henry III and the origins of the Second Barons' War