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Age of Discovery - Duarte Pacheco Pereira

1504 The Zamorin of Calicut is on the warpath and about to hit the city of Cochin with a...

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Age of Discovery - Vasco Da Gama - Part 4

1503 The Portuguese Empire in India faces major head winds. Vasco da Gama underestimates his...

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Age of Discovery - Vasco Da Gama - Part 3

1502 Vasco da Gama is placed in charge of the Fourth Portuguese Armada and returns to the...

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Age of Discovery - Pedro Álvares Cabral

Dec 1500 The Portuguese trading outpost in Calicut has been destroyed. In the night a vast mob...

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Age of Discovery - Vasco da Gama - Part 2

August 1498 Vasco Da Gama makes his way north along the Malabar Coast of India. He is on the...

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Age of Discovery - Vasco da Gama - Part 1

1498 - a Portuguese Fleet of four ships has travelled for nearly a year and now is in the middle...

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Age of Discovery - Bartolomeu Dias

Its 1487 and Bartolomeu Dias has traveled further than any European. He takes a gamble,...

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Age of Discovery - Henry the Navigator

We begin the new series in the Age of Discovery with Henry the Navigator. He was warrior, a...

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Queen Isabella of Castile - Reconquista - All Parts - The Life of a Legend

Combined all parts of the Reconquista: Isabella series into one long format. We look at the life...

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Queen Isabella - Reconquista - Part 6 - Epilogue

The Reconquista is over and Spain is on the fast track to becoming a global superpower. But do...

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Queen Isabella - Reconquista - Part 5 - The Fall of Granada

The grinding war in the Kingdom of Granda continues. However, its days are numbered. Infighting...

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Queen Isabella - Reconquista - Part 4 - Holy War

We now enter into the final stage of the Reconquista 1481 - The treaty that has held the unease...

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Queen Isabella - Reconquista - Part 3

The Reconquista continues as Isabella becomes Queen!  On Dec 13, 1474 Isabella crossed her own...

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Queen Isabella - The Reconquista - Part 2

The Reconquista continues into the life of Queen Isabella of Castile!  Isabella's life as a...

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Queen Isabella - The Reconquista - Part 1

The Reconquista continues into the life of Queen Isabella of Castile!  We begin with her early...

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WOTW - BONUS EP 3 - PART 5 - The Fourth Crusade

We continue the story of The Eastern Roman empire into the time of the Fourth Crusade. What began...

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WOTW - BONUS EP 3 - PART 4 - The Third Crusade: Richard the Lionheart Vs. Saladin

Richard the Lionheart and Saladin were military masterminds. The Third crusade pit each man...

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Wotw - bonus ep 3 - part 3 - komnenian restoration and the rise of saladin

The First Crusade was a spectacular success for the Christian armies. During this time the...

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WOTW - BONUS EP 3 - PART 2 - The Conquest and Fall of Constantinople

The story of Byzantium continues through the high point of the reign of Basil II and then into...

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WOTW - BONUS EP 3 - PART 1 - The Conquest and Fall of Constantinople

We take a break from the Reconquista to describe a cataclysmic event that occurred on the other...

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