Empires, Anarchy & Other Notable Moments
By Chris Lowery
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An educational resource leading listeners through important milestones in history and providing a greater understanding of civilizations. Topics are tailored to the needs of IB high school students, teachers, and life-long learners.
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Osama Bin Laden Part VII: The Hunt for Bin Laden
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May 27, 2026 |
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Osama Bin Laden Part VI: The War on Terror
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May 20, 2026 |
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Osama Bin Laden Part V: The 9/11 Attacks
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May 13, 2026 |
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Osama Bin Laden Part IV: The Race to Prevent Disaster
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May 06, 2026 |
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Osama Bin Laden Part III: Unhappy Homecoming
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Osama Bin Laden Part II: They Come to Afghanistan to Die...
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Osama Bin Laden Part I: Constructing a Mass Murder
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Whom to Serve Part V: A Dream Deferred
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Whom to Serve Part IV: Black Intellectual Thought
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Whom to Serve Part III: This Land is My Land...
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Whom to Serve Part II: The Revolution will not be Televised
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Whom to Serve Part I: In God We Trust
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson Part VIII: His Legacy
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson Part VII - The Fight to the Finish
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson Part VI: A Gov't at War with itself
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson Part V: Tyranny of the Majority
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson Part IV: The Corrupt Bargain
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson Part III: The "Hero" of New Orleans
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson Part II: Blood on the Frontier
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Andrew Jackson Part I: Orphan of the Revolution
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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The Other Side Part II: Ghost Stories
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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The Other Side Part I: The Human History of the Afterlife
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Xenophobia Part IV: Deportation Nation
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Xenophobia Part III: Antisemitism in America
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Xenophobia Part II: The China Virus
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Xenophobia Part I: A Blueprint for the Nazis
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Aaron Burr Part VI: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Buries Your Story...
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Aaron Burr Part V: The Trial of the Century
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Aaron Burr Part IV: The Burr Conspiracy
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Aaron Burr Part III: The Duel Heard Round the World
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Aaron Burr Part II: His Original Sin
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Aaron Burr Part I: Willing to Wait for it...
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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America & the Philippines Part V: The Duterte Death Squads
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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America & the Philippines Part IV: MacArthur's Mission
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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America & the Philippines Part III: Democracy on the Rocks
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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America & the Philippines Part II: To Hell with Spain
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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America & the Philippines Part I: Magellan's Legacy
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part IX: Beneath the Powder Keg
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part VIII: England's Greatest King
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part VII: A Militant Woman
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May 28, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part VI: The Dogmatic Virgin Queen
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part V: Bess vs Queen of Scots
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part IV: In the Court of Bloody Mary
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part III: The Wicked Stepmother(s)
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part II: The Irredeemable Anne Boleyn
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Elizabeth I Part I: The World's Worst Father
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Albert Einstein Part VI: Aging Like a Fine Wine
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Albert Einstein Part V: Einstein & the Bomb
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Albert Einstein Part IV: Not Yet Hanged
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Albert Einstein Part III: Europe's Last Pacifist
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Albert Einstein Part II: It's all Relative
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Albert Einstein Part I: Little Einstein
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Leonardo Da Vinci Part V: The Search for Perfection
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Leonardo Da Vinci Part IV: The Curious Case of Leonardo's Friends
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Leonardo Da Vinci Part III: The Original Renaissance Man
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Leonardo Da Vinci Part II: The Pageantry of War
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Leonardo Da Vinci Part I: A Golden Age of Bastards
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Australia Part II: The Emu War
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Australia Part I: Kill the Rabbit
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Matilda Part IV: The Warrior
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Matilda Part III: Heir to the Throne
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Matilda Part II: The White Ship Disaster
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Matilda Part I: The Empress of Germany
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Bob Marley Part IV: His Final Years
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Bob Marley Part III: Marley's Exodus
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Bob Marley Part II: His Militant Years
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Bob Marley Part I: A Blunt, the Bible, and Music; the formation of the Wailers
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Cleopatra Part VI: The Queen's Gambit
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Cleopatra Part V: Redeeming the Queen
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Cleopatra Part IV: Seducing Mark Antony
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Cleopatra Part III: Beware the Ides of March
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Cleopatra Part II: Capturing Caesar
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Cleopatra Part I: The Rise of the Ptolemaic Dynasty
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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East India Company Part VI: Dancing on the Threads of History
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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East India Company Part V: What Could Have Been
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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East India Company Part IV: The Bengal Famine of 1770
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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East India Company Part III: The Creation of England’s Crown Jewel
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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East India Company Part II: The Seizing of Bengal
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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East India Company Part I: A Short History of Money
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Ferdinand Magellan Part V: The One About Sebastian Elcano
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Ferdinand Magellan Part IV: A Race Against Death
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Ferdinand Magellan Part III: The Voyage of a Lifetime
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Ferdinand Magellan Part II: The Genius of Being Wrong
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Ferdinand Magellan Part I: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Hernán Cortés Part V: His Legacy/The Fall of the Incas
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Hernán Cortés Part IV: The Sacking of Tenochtitlán
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Hernán Cortés Part III: Gold Fever
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Hernán Cortés Part II: History Loves a Bad Boy
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Hernán Cortés Part I: A Conqueror’s Rise
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Marco Polo Part IV: True Hollywood Stories
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Marco Polo Part III: A Luxurious Life of Servitude
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Marco Polo Part II: Hi I’m your dad... Wanna go to China?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Marco Polo Part I: A Chance Exploration
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Early Man Part II: The Civilized Among Us
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Early Man Part I: The Genesis of Mankind
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Toussaint L’ouverture Part IV: His life as a Martyr
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Toussaint L’ouverture Part III: His life as King
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Toussaint L’ouverture Part II: His life as a Haitian Revolutionary
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Toussaint L’ouverture Part I: His life as a Haitian slave
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May 31, 2023 |
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Napoleon Part VIII: Don’t call it a comeback
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May 24, 2023 |
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Napoleon Part VII: Why they tell you not to invade Russia during the winter
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May 17, 2023 |
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Napoleon Part VI: King of Europe
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May 10, 2023 |
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Napoleon Part V: The Consolidation of Bonaparte’s Dictatorship
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May 03, 2023 |
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Napoleon Part IV: Coup like an Egyptian
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Napoleon Part III: The Lil’ Corporal Unleashed
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Napoleon Part II: Napoleon in Love
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Napoleon Part I: Stop calling me French!
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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French Revolution Part V: Viva la Revolution!
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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French Revolution Part IV: The beheadings will continue until morale improves
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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French Revolution Part III: Down with the King
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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French Revolution Part II: The Storming of the Bastille
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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French Revolution Part I: The Causes of the Revolution
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Louis XIV Part V: The Setting of the Sun King
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Louis XIV Part IV: The Sun King’s Foreign Policy
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Louis XIV Part III: Domestic Life of the Sun King
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Louis XIV Part II: The Dance of the Sun King
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Louis XIV Part I: Dawn of the Sun King
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Joan of Arc Part IV: The Trial and Execution of the Maid
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Joan of Arc Part III: God’s Wrecking Ball
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Joan of Arc Part II: ”We’re on a Mission from God”
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Joan of Arc Part I: France on the Brink
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Eleanor of Aquitaine Part II: Queen of England
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Eleanor of Aquitaine Part I: Queen of France
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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1066 Part V: William’s Legacy & Extras
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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1066 Part IV: The Battle of Hastings
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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1066 Part III: William (the would be conqueror) of England
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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1066 Part II: Harald Hardrada: the man, the(Viking) myth, the legend
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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1066 Part I: The Rulers of England: a story of Harolds and Edwards
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Who are the Franks?
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Vladimir Lenin Part IV: Lenin the Cat Lover
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Vladimir Lenin Part III: Lenin the Revolutionary
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Vladimir Lenin Part II: Lenin the Communist
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May 25, 2022 |
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Vladimir Lenin Part I: The Formative Years of a Revolutionary
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May 04, 2022 |
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Saddam Hussein Part III: His Fall
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Saddam Hussein Part II: His Hegemonic Dreams
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Saddam Hussein Part I: His Rise
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Mao Zedong Part VI: His Death
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Mao Zedong Part V: The Cultural Revolution
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Mao Zedong Part IV: The Great Leap Forward (into a ditch)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Mao Zedong Part III: Maoism - a Chinese sized personality cult
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Mao Zedong Part II: His Long March to Power
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Mao Zedong Part I: His Rise to Power
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Juan Peron Part II: His Policies and Fall from Power
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Juan Peron Part I: His Rise to Power
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Fidel Castro Part II: His Policies
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Fidel Castro Part I: His Rise to Power
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Adolf Hitler Part VII: His Death & Legacy
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Adolf Hitler Part VI: World War II
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Adolf Hitler Part V: The Holocaust part B
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Adolf Hitler Part V: The Holocaust part A
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Adolf Hitler Part IV: The road to World War II
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Adolf Hitler Part III: His Domestic Policies
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Adolf Hitler Part II: Rise to Power
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Adolf Hitler Part I: The early years
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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A Concise History of Dictatorship
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Genghis Khan Part V: The Legacy of the Khan
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Genghis Khan Part IV: The Scourge of God
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Genghis Khan Part III: The Conquest of the Jin Dynasty
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Genghis Khan Part II: How they did it...
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Genghis Khan Part I: The Rise of a Tyrant
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Eamon De Valera Part VI: His legacy
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Eamon De Valera Part V: The fight for Ireland‘s place in the world
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Eamon De Valera Part IV: De Valera‘s wars
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May 28, 2021 |
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Eamon De Valera Part III: His Escape Into Politics
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May 21, 2021 |
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Eamon De Valera Part II: The 1916 Easter Rising
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May 14, 2021 |
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Eamon De Valera Part I: The formative years
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May 07, 2021 |
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Richard the Lionheart Part IV: Richard’s Odyssey
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Richard the Lionheart Part III: The Third Crusade
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Richard the Lionheart Part II: Preparations for the Crusade
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Richard the Lionheart Part I: The Devil’s Brood
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Spanish Inquisition: Extras
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Spanish Inquisition Part IV: The Inquisition‘s End
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Spanish Inquisition Part III: The phases of the Inquisition
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Spanish Inquisition Part II: The Inquisition‘s Methods
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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Spanish Inquisition Part I: The Historical Roots of Antisemitism
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Kenyatta Part V: His Dictatorship
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Kenyatta Part IV: His Policies
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Kenyatta Part III: The Kapenguria Six
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Kenyatta Part II: Mau Mau
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Kenyatta Part I: The Colonization of Kenya
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Slavery Part IV: The Legacy of Slavery for West Africa
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Slavery Part III: The Rise of the Fiscal Military State
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Slavery Part II: Slavery and the State
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Slavery Part I: Social Death
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Dec 19, 2020 |