Ibn Battuta The Greatest Muslim explorer
When one thinks of an early explorer you typically think of Marco Polo or another European by virtue of how history has played out. But what if I told you the tale of a man out of Morocco who traveled...
18 Mar 20241h 5min
The Papal-Imperial War of the Investiture Controversy
Over the course of Christian History in Europe there was one conflict that would change the balance of power as we know it between the church and the state. For almost a Century, ideological and liter...
11 Mar 20241h 10min
The Kalmar Union: The Attempt to Unite Scandinavia
The Union of Kalmar, which combined the three crowns of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under one sovereign, was founded in 1397 in the Swedish city of Kalmar and lasted, with some exceptions, until 1520....
4 Mar 20241h 11min
Alexander the Great and The Conquest of the World
Alexander the Great was an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history’s greatest military minds who, as King of Macedonia and Persia, established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. B...
26 Feb 202452min
Feuds that ended in blood...
The thing about history is that not everyone always gets along in it. I know, that is shocking. Who possibly could have guessed?. Feuds between individuals, organizations, and families have existed in...
19 Feb 20241h 9min
The CIA, The Congo, and a GIANT Mess
When the Democratic Republic of Congo gained independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960, it was part of a wave of optimism sweeping through Africa. Its new prime minister, the 35-year old Patrice Lumu...
12 Feb 20241h 8min
Introducing Black History, For Real
A 109 year old Black woman fights for reparations for her neighborhood that was burned to the ground when she was a child. The first woman on to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List was a Black Panthe...
11 Feb 20246min
The Cholera Epidemic That Changed Britain Forever
In the mid-1800s, London physician John Snow made a startling observation that would change the way that we view diseases and how they propagate. He created a map depicting where cases of cholera occu...
5 Feb 20241h 8min
