In which John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being... Read more »
Download Empires & Puzzles here – https://pixly.go2cloud.org/SH3gV Thanks to Empires & Puzzles for sponsoring! Kings and Generals began remaking its animated historical documentary on the history of the Ottoman empire with the... Read more »
The Renaissance was a cultural revitalization that spread across Europe, and had repercussions across the globe, but one smallish city-state in Italy was in many ways the epicenter of the thing. Florence,... Read more »
Richard Roose, the Bishop of Rochester’s cook, got caught up in the Anne Boleyn scandal and met a brutal end. The king’s knacker Thomas Grimes was pressed into service as an executioner... Read more »
There was a lot of bad stuff going on in Europe in the 17th century. We’ve seen wars, plagues, and unrest of all types. But, there is some good news. Huge advances... Read more »
In which John Green teaches you about disease and the effects that disease has had in human history. Disease has been with man since the beginning, and it has shaped the way... Read more »
In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans... Read more »
In which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here’s a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less... Read more »
In which John Green teaches you about Iran’s Revolutions. Yes, revolutions plural. What was the the1979 Iranian Revolution about? It turns out that Iran has a pretty long history of unrest in... Read more »