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Wu Zetian: Hated by Gods and Men - Chinese History - Part 1 - Extra History

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Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

The Court of Love - Eleanor of Aquitaine - European History - Part 2 - Extra History

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Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Divorcing a King - Eleanor of Aquitaine - European History - Part 1 - Extra History

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Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Warring States Japan: Sengoku Jidai - Battle of Okehazama - Extra History - Part 1

📜 Warring States Japan: Sengoku Jidai - Part 1 - Extra History The Onin War tore Japan apart but also kicked off the Sengoku Jidai or Warring States...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Siege of Vienna & Queen Nzinga - Lies - Extra History

Writer Rob Rath talks about all the cool stories and facts we didn't get to cover in our two special short series on the Siege of Vienna, and the life...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Siege of Vienna - Charge of the Winged Hussars - Part 3 - Extra History

📜 Siege of Vienna: Charge of the Winged Hussars - Leopold knew it was time to get the Holy Roman Empire involved if he wanted to keep Vienna, but it...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Siege of Vienna - Tunnel War - Part 2 - Extra History

📜 Siege of Vienna: Tunnel War - The siege presses on from its initial active resistance phase to the long, routine drudgery of survival on the inside...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Siege of Vienna - Opening Bombardment - Part 1 - Extra History

📜 Siege of Vienna: Opening Bombardment - Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured th...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Early Christian Schisms - Ephesus, the Robber Council, and Chalcedon - Extra History - Part 4

📜 Early Christian Schisms - Part 4 - Extra History A century after Constantine, Emperor Theodosius II found himself wrapped up in yet more theologica...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Early Christian Schisms - Before Imperium - Extra History - Part 1

📜 Early Christian Schisms - Part 1 - Extra History One of the toughest questions early Christians had to face was Mosaic Law. Did the laws of Moses s...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Middle East: Palmyra Today - Afterword - Extra History

📜 The Middle East's Odenathus - Lies - Extra History Palmyra is an embodiment of our shared past, but right now it's under the control of ISIS. They...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE

Middle East: Odenathus - Ghosts of the Desert - Extra History

📜 The Middle East's Odenathus - Extra History In 260 CE, the Roman Empire was falling apart on all sides. Emperor Valerian gathered the legions to pu...

Extra History | Chronological Order | Pre-History - 1699 CE