Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series written and presented by David Dimbleby. The series covers the history of the largest art and artifacts Britain over the last 2000 years. Each episode features a different period of British history. Age of Conquest. The first part of the chronicle begins with the Roman … Read more
The Spartan warriors are known as fierce and courageous. They’ve famously never surrendered. Even the movie 300 emphasizes that point. Spartan warriors are trained to die on the battlefield since they are young boys. As for the premise that they’ve never surrendered, and never retreated, there is only one exception. The Spartan army has retreated from a … Read more
You might think glass has been here since forever. But that is not true. Yes, glass making dates back to at least 3,600 BC in Mesopotamia. Some historians claim they found copies of glass from Egypt. Be as it is, one thing is true. Glass has long history. In this documentary, we take a look … Read more
When it comes to Asian empires, few people know that the Japanese Empire was one of the strongest in the modern era. At the middle of the 20th century, the Japanese occupied China. The war was known as the Second Sino-Japanese War and followed the first one that happened between 1894 and 1895. China had economic … Read more
On August 29, 1949 in a large field in Kazakhstan, the Soviet Union blew the first atomic bomb. The field where the Soviets were performing atomic bomb tests spread to 300 square meters field. Between 49 and 89, Russians conducted more than 450 tests, 100 of which were detonated on the ground or in the … Read more
‘The Surprising History of Sex and Love’ is an award winning documentary presented by Terry Jones. This film traces the story of changing social and religious attitudes to sex throughout history. Filmed in India, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France the USA and the UK, the documentary includes a lot of surprising and never-seen-before material. It starts … Read more
Nowadays, we can easily hop on a plane, and go from America to Europe, from America to Asia, to Africa, or from Europe to Africa. And all other sorts of flights around the world. But it wasn’t always like that. There was a time when flying on an airplane was a luxury not many could … Read more
The term Viking Age refers to the period from the 790s to the late 11th century in Europe. During this period, Viking activity started with raids on Christian lands in England and eventually expanded to mainland Europe. They even made it to some parts of present-day Russia. Viking group proved successful in raiding coastal towns … Read more
There is another side of Egypt, which is not known. Egypt is also the land of secrets. Another story, a secret history, speaks of Egypt as the inheritor of the deep wisdom and magical ability of a culture even older. It is the story of the Egyptians themselves. This alternative history echoes parallel stories of … Read more
By all accounts, World War II was the deadliest military conflict in the history of mankind. During the War, more than 60 million people lost their lives. At the time, 60 million accounted for 3% of world population, which at the time, was estimated at 2.3 billion people. The number can go even higher, as … Read more