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Today we discuss the history of the Uyghur people and the creepy Xinjiang re-education camps. Most people think of China as an ethnically homogenous nation-state, however, they would be wrong. There ...

5 Helmi 20211h 32min

The Yemeni Civil War has led to the worst humanitarian crises in the world. According the the UN, 233,000 people have been killed and 7 million more are at risk of famine. In addition, the conflict i...

29 Tammi 20211h 37min

Alexander III is venerated as one of history’s greatest figures, forging an empire stretching over three continents in just 13 years. However, the man known as “Alexander the Great” showed many dark t...

22 Tammi 20211h 38min

In the 19th & 20th century, many German academics idolized Sparta’s rigorous martial education and state structures. In addition, Adolf Hitler once called Sparta “the purest racial State in history” (...

15 Tammi 20211h 32min

The Greco-Persian Wars refer to the series of conflicts between allied Greek City-States and the Persian Empire in the 5th century BC. In popular culture, it’s painted as the war to that saved “Wester...

8 Tammi 20211h 33min

The Assyrian War Machine created the world’s first great empire, held together by brutality and terror. For example, they would implement horrific physical punishments such as skinning people alive, m...

29 Joulu 20201h 30min

One of the luxuries of living in Ancient Egypt was that you were surrounded by massive deserts, protecting you from people who wanted to cut your head off. Well, at some point between 1650 – 1550 BC ...

18 Joulu 20201h 38min

The cities of Ancient Sumer provide the world’s first examples of urban centers with significant populations. Food surpluses made it possible to free of people from their farms and create divisions of...

11 Joulu 20201h 19min