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Curated Video
Queen Nzinga part 7: Embracing Christianity and a Peace Agreement at Last
Nzinga negotiated strategic alliances with the Dutch and the Christian missionaries to legitimize her rule and resist the Portuguese. This video delves into the slave trade and the political tensions between rival African rulers....
Extra Credits
Hiawatha - The Great Law of Peace - Extra History - #1
*Sponsored* by DomiNations! Check it out hereref='http://smarturl.it/DOMHistory' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here Hiawatha wanted peace, but a more powerful chief named Tadodaho opposed him. So he joined forces with a man called...
Curated Video
Queen Nzinga part 3: a Diplomatic Win in Portugal
This video highlights Nzinga's diplomatic skills and tells the famous story of Nzinga and the chair in context. Nzinga became ambassador to the Portuguese in an attempt to negotiate peace with her brother's kingdom. Despite her rivalry...
Curated Video
The Comanche Tribe | Native American History Documentary
A brief Native American documentary about the Comanche people. The Comanches played a crucial role in the history of North America. They were a nomadic tribe, fierce in warfare and had no equals when it comes to horsemanship. Known for...
The Guardian
My favourite work: War and Peace by Ian Fairweather
My favourite work: War and Peace by Ian Fairweather Subscribe to the Guardian HEREref='http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>HERE Julie Ewington, curatorial manager for Australian art at Qagoma introduces War and...
The Atlantic
Bridges, Not Walls: The Priest at the Border
In Texas, a white adobe chapel built in 1899 on the bank of the Rio Grande sits in the proposed path of President Donald Trump’s border wall. A Border Patrol agent stands sentry yards away. A military helicopter—part of Trump’s troop...
Curated Video
At war with the in-laws: Tanzania's evicted widows push for rights
When Rosemary Cyprian tried to speak to her sick husband after he was rushed by relatives to their home on the Tanzanian island of Ukerewe, it was too late - he was gone. His sudden death marked the start of Cyprian's bitter war with her...
The Guardian
Farc guerrillas: last days of blood in Colombia
With rare and exclusive access, the Guardian joins one of the Farc’s remaining rebel cells deep in the Colombian jungle as guerrillas contemplate the final days of their dying revolution. After 51 years of armed struggle and numerous...
The Guardian
Deplorables Inaugural Ball celebrates peaceful, 'sexy' transfer of power
After Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Friday, he and first lady Melania Trump will appear at three official inaugural balls – a tradition going back to 1809. Subscribe to The Guardian ►ttp://is.gd/subscribeguardian'...
Extra Credits
Suleiman the Magnificent - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques - Extra History - #6
Suleiman's decisions came back to haunt him, starting with the Knights of Malta (once Rhodes). He tried to kick them off their island again, but failed. He launched a new campaign to take Vienna and prove the might of his empire. But he...
TED Talks
TED: What comes after tragedy? Forgiveness | Azim Khamisa and Ples Felix
On one awful night in 1995, Ples Felix's 14-year-old grandson murdered Azim Khamisa's son in a gang initiation fueled by drugs, alcohol and a false sense of belonging. The deadly encounter sent Khamisa and Felix down paths of deep...
Crash Course
Greek Comedy, Satyrs, and Aristophanes: Crash Course Theater #4
Get ready for hilarity, because this week, we're diving head first into Greek Comedy. Actually, though, maybe don't get TOO ready for hilarity. Taste in humor has changed a little over the last couple of thousand years. You already know...
One Minute History
Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom - One Minute History
1863 - Seizing upon the Union Army victory at Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves held in the rebellious Confederate states. This demonstration of the President’s executive war powers...
One Minute History
118 Juneteenth - One Minute History
1863 - Seizing upon the Union Army victory at Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves held in the rebellious Confederate states. This demonstration of the President’s executive war powers...
The Guardian
Dearborn, Michigan
In the last 12 months the city of Dearborn, Michigan, has been thrown into conflict. At its heart, the conflict is about fear, ideology and identity politics – and what it means to be an American. Dearborn, home to the largest mosque in...
Oxford Comma
High School Favorite: Not Waving But Drowning
As my school's senior English teacher I feel a personal, self inflicted pressure to convince my students that poetry has relevance and value in their lives. I want them to see that by reading and writing poetry they can share a part of...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Theme of Marriage and Relationships
What makes a marriage last? And what must we give up to grow up? In Mrs Dalloway, Woolf explores the personal and social dimensions of marriage in the 1920s. The question is: have things changed much in the 21st century? Join us for a...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Theme of British Society
How is 1920s Britain relevant to our modern-day experiences? Can we learn anything from life as it was back then?
It turns out that post-World War One British society holds many important truths for modern audiences. In this...
It turns out that post-World War One British society holds many important truths for modern audiences. In this...
Mr. Beat
Texas v. Johnson
Dallas, Texas August 22, 1984 Protesters marched through the streets, destroyed property, spray-painted walls, broke windows, and threw dirty diapers and beer cans just outside of the Republican National Convention. Someone stole an...
Curated Video
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,...
Curated Video
Oyin Antwi's 550-Sq-Ft Brooklyn Apartment | House Tours
I’ve lived in many major cities through my life (Lagos to London to DC/MD to NYC) but the majority of my adulthood from 21 to 29 years old was spent alone in Brooklyn brownstone studios (one AT previously featured here), so this would be...
Crash Course
Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History
In which John Green looks at Europe's attempts to recover from the devastation of World War I and forge a lasting peace. The peace did not last. Today we're talking about the economic cultural recovery of the 1920s, and the economic...