Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire | The Early Life of Temüjin | Ancient to Recent | Episode 31
In this history podcast episode of Ancient to Recent, we explore the early life of Genghis Khan, the rise of Temüjin, and the origins of the Mongol Empire on the Eurasian Steppe.Born into violence, be...
3 Jan 49min
Maximilian of Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire | Part 5 | The Siege of Querétaro, Betrayal and Execution | Ancient to Recent | Episode 30
By early 1867, the Second Mexican Empire was fighting for its life. French troops had gone, Republican armies were closing in from every direction, and Maximilian’s authority barely extended beyond a ...
27 Dec 202552min
Maximilian of Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire | Part 4 | Napoleon’s Betrayal, Juarez’s Advance and the Fateful Decision | Ancient to Recent | Episode 29
By late 1865, the Second Mexican Empire was beginning to unravel. French support, once the foundation of Maximilian’s throne, was wavering, Republican resistance was intensifying, and pressure from a ...
20 Dec 202546min
Maximilian of Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire | Part 3 | Juarez, the Catholic Church & the US Civil War | Ancient to Recent I Episode 28
At the height of his power, Emperor Maximilian believed he could reconcile monarchy with liberal reform and heal a nation torn apart by decades of war. By the end of 1864, the Second Mexican Empire st...
13 Dec 202543min
Maximilian of Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire | Part 2 | US Civil War, Franz Josef and the Catholic Church |Ancient to Recent I Episode 27
In 1864, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria crossed the Atlantic to claim a crown forged in diplomacy, ambition, and illusion. What awaited him in Mexico was not the enlightened monarchy he imag...
6 Dec 202541min
Maximilian of Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire | Benito Juárez, Napoleon III & Habsburg Mexico | Ancient to Recent I Episode 26
In 1864, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria took the throne as Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, believing he could unite a fractured nation and build a modern empire. Instead, he stepped into one o...
29 Nov 202556min
Hermann Goering and the Nazi Mind Part 2 | Nuremberg & The Final Deception | Ancient to Recent | Episode 25
At Nuremberg in 1945, the last leaders of the Third Reich faced judgment before the world. Hermann Goering arrived determined to turn the courtroom into his personal stage, launching a defiant perform...
22 Nov 202547min
Hermann Goering and the Nazi Mind | How the Nazis Were Captured, Studied & Prepared for Nuremberg | Ancient to Recent | Episode 24
In 1945, the Allies seized the top surviving Nazi leaders and locked them inside a secret U.S. prison known as Ashcan. At the center of it all was Hermann Göring, Reichsmarschall, head of the Luftwaff...
14 Nov 202546min
