Horse and Bow- A Mongol's Two Best Friends
Steppe nomads plagued the ancient world with their cavalries, but nobody perfected this form of warfare like the Mongols. A horse archer had such a deep kinesthetic relationship with his steed he coul...
1 Feb 20189min
The Rise of Genghis- From Temujin to the Great Khan
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31 Jan 201814min
The Mongols Killed So Many People They Lowered the Global Temperature
Welcome to part one of Mongol Week(s). In this multi-part series, we will look at the Mongolian Empire from multiple perspectives, including its unprecedented level of brutality (so many died from the...
30 Jan 201812min
Chester A. Arthur's Presidency Was a Colossal Accident...And a Huge Success
Chester A. Arthur, America's 21st president, lands on the lists of the most obscure chief executives. Few know anything about him besides his trademark mutton-chop sideburns. Moreover, he fell into th...
29 Jan 201851min
The Vietnam War Was About...Stealing Asia's Tin?
Fighting over scarce resources have fueled wars back to the Sumerian city-states squabbling over water-use rights of the Euphrates river. Did the same drive fuel America's entrance into Vietnam to tak...
26 Jan 20188min
About 70-90 Percent of a Society Needs to Die Before It Completely Collapses
Some disasters hurt society (Hurricane Katrina in 2005). Bigger ones permanently alter it (the Black Death in the 1300s; Mao's Great Leap Forward). The worst of disasters completely destroy a civiliza...
25 Jan 201812min
Why The Black Plague is Partially (But Not Completely) Responsible For the Renaissance?
The death of thirty percent of Europe's population in the fourteenth century permanently altered the medieval social order, and many scholars credit the Black Plague with ushering in the Renaissance. ...
24 Jan 20188min
Did Mussollini Really Make the Trains Run on Time?
Fascism is loved by few, but many at least credit Mussolini's heavy-handed rule for making Italy's notoriously disastrous train system operate effectively. Was this actually true or more of Il Duce's ...
23 Jan 20186min
