Extra History

Crusader States Craziness - The Next King of Jerusalem

Redlining - Income and Housing Inequality

Black Boxing Heavyweights - Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, & Muhammad Ali

Saladin & the 3rd Crusade - Siege of Jerusalem

Saladin & the 3rd Crusade - Horns of Hattin

Francis Walsingham - Elizabethan Spymaster

The Polio Epidemic - FDR & The March of Dimes

End of the Samurai - The Last Samurai

End of the Samurai - The Imperial Army

End of the Samurai - The Boshin War

End of the Samurai - Gangs of Kyoto

End of the Samurai - Black Ships

The Harlem Renaissance - An Explosion of Art

The Beast of Gévaudan - Terror in the French Countryside

Voting in America - From Barkers to Booths

Cleopatra - Eternal Life

Cleopatra - Death by Snake

Cleopatra - Exit Caesar, Enter Antony!

Cleopatra - Hail Caesar!

Cleopatra - A Drunken Bet

Bartolomé de las Casas - Changing Your Mind

The Harlem Hellfighters - The 369th Infantry

Syphilis - The Killer Cure

Syphilis - The Great Imitator

Third Century Crisis - The Tetrarchy

Third Century Crisis - Not Diocletian

Third Century Crisis - Enter Aurelian

Rome & The Third Century Crisis - Taking A Stab At It

The Trojan War - History vs. Myth

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace - Marie Antoinette

The Burning of Black Wall Street - Tulsa, OK

Exploring the Pacific - Wayfinders

Exploring the Pacific - The Great Ocean

The Sacred Band - An Alternative 300

The Field of the Cloth of Gold - Royal Frenemies

The Field of the Cloth of Gold - Universal Peace

Dividing the Middle East - Setting the Board

Dividing the Middle East - Three Kings

Dividing the Middle East - Drawing Lines

Dividing the Middle East - The Arab Revolt

Dividing the Middle East - The Great Loot

The 1929 Stock Market Crash - Black Tuesday

Rasputin - Catalyst for Revolution

Ibn Battuta - Escape to China

Ibn Battuta - The Mad Sultan

Ibn Battuta - Mongols and Mystics

Ibn Battuta - The Great Traveler

The Haitian Revolution - Roots of Liberty

The Haitian Revolution - The War of Knives

The Haitian Revolution - Liberation

The Haitian Revolution - Fire and Freedom

The Haitian Revolution - The Long Fuse

The Haitian Revolution - The Slave Society

Allan Pinkerton - The Knights of Capitalism

History of Vaccines - Killing Smallpox

Policing London - The Bow Street Runners

Policing London - The Fall of Jonathan Wild

Policing London - The Thief-Taker General

Akhenaten - A Pharaoh Obsessed

The Berlin Wall - A Street Party With Sledgehammers

History of Space Travel - Revolutions

History of Space Travel - Looking to the Stars

Building Angkor - The "Lost" City

Building Angkor - A Drowning City

Building Angkor - A Clash of Gods

Building Angkor - Temple City

Building Angkor - Monsoon Metropolis

Charles Darwin - The Voyage of the Beagle

History of Dentistry - Demons and Tooth Worms

The Inca Empire - Andean Apocalypse

The Inca Empire - Life of a Dead Emperor

The Inca Empire - Earth-Shaker

The Inca Empire - Out of Thin Air

Hogs in History - Creator and Destroyer

The Warsaw Uprising - The Unstoppable Spirit of the Polish Resistance

Joan of Arc - Heroine or Heretic?

Joan of Arc - Thy Kingdom Come

Joan of Arc - The Maid of Orleans

Joan of Arc - Angels and Demons

Joan of Arc - The Mad King

History of England - A New Future

History of England - Agincourt

History of England - Ashes

History of England - The Devastation of France

History of England - Fire and Swords

History of England - The 100 Years War

The Three Kingdoms - The Battle of Guandu

The Three Kingdoms - Yellow Turban Rebellion

U.S. Civil War - Surprising Soldiers

Queen Nzinga - The Double Queen

Queen Nzinga - Rise of a Legend

Siege of Vienna - Charge of the Winged Hussars

Siege of Vienna - Tunnel War

Siege of Vienna - Opening Bombardment

The Boston Massacre - Snow and Gunpowder

Irish Potato Famine - The Young and the Old

Irish Potato Famine - The American Wake

Irish Potato Famine - Black '47

Irish Potato Famine - The Corn Laws

Irish Potato Famine - Isle of Blight

Jane Austen - Sarcasm and Subversion

Curing Tuberculosis - The Hero Koch

Sun Yat-sen - A Dream of China

Sun Yat-sen - A Bombing in Wuchang

Sun Yat-sen - An Army in Exile

Sun Yat-sen - A Kidnapping in London

Sun Yat-sen - A Killing in Hong Kong

Defense of Poland - Under Siege

Defense of Poland - The Battle of the Border

Viking Expansion - The Lands of the Rus

Viking Expansion - Ireland

Viking Expansion - Rollo the Walker

Viking Expansion - The Serpent-Riders

Julie d'Aubigny - Duelist, Singer, Radical

Quantum Computing - Decoherence

Quantum Computing - Spooky Action at a Distance

Quantum Computing - The Einstein-Bohr Debates

Quantum Computing - Electron Boogaloo

Quantum Computing - The Foundation of Everything

Battle of Saipan - Suicide Island

Battle of Saipan - Steel and Coral

Kingdom of Majapahit - An Empire of Water

Pellagra - A Medical Mystery

1918 Flu Pandemic - Order More Coffins

1918 Flu Pandemic - Trench Fever

1918 Flu Pandemic - Emergence

Thermopylae - East vs. West

Thermopylae - The Hellenic Alliance

The History of Non-Euclidian Geometry - The Great Quest

The History of Non-Euclidian Geometry - Sacred Geometry

The Empire of Mali - The Final Bloody Act

The Empire of Mali - The Cracks Begin to Show

The Empire of Mali - Mansa Musa

The Empire of Mali - An Empire of Trade and Faith

The Empire of Mali - The Twang of a Bow

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - Horror in Manhattan

The Danelaw - Alfred vs. Guthrum

Genghis Khan - The Final Conquering Years

Genghis Khan - Beginnings of the Great Mongol Nation

Genghis Khan - Khan of All Mongols

Genghis Khan - The Debut of Temüjin Khan

Genghis Khan - The Rivalry of Blood Brothers

Genghis Khan - Temüjin the Child

Cuban Missile Crisis - The Failed Checkmate

Cheng I Sao - Pirate Queen

WW1 Christmas Truce - Letters from the Trenches

WW1 Christmas Truce - Silent Night

Khosrau Anushirawan - Prince of Persia

Khosrau Anushirawan - Like Father, Like Son

Berlin Airlift - The Cold War Begins

Otto von Bismarck - Germany!

Otto von Bismarck - Prussia Ascendant

Otto von Bismarck - The Iron Chancellor

Otto von Bismarck - Iron and Blood

Otto von Bismarck - A Man of Great Ideas

Otto von Bismarck - The Wildman Bismarck

The Collapse of the Carolingian Empire - Echoes of History

Great Northern War - Rise and Fall

Great Northern War - Clash of Kings

Great Northern War - Young and Violent

Great Northern War - A Good Plan

Great Northern War - When Sweden Ruled the World

Saragarhi - The Last Stand

The Bronze Age Collapse - Systems Collapse

The Bronze Age Collapse - Fire and Sword

The Bronze Age Collapse - The Wheel and the Rod

The Bronze Age Collapse - Before the Storm

D-Day - The Atlantic Wall

D Day - La Résistance

D-Day - The Secret War

D-Day - The Great Crusade

Kamehameha the Great - The Lonely One

Hunting the Bismarck - Sink the Bismarck

Hunting the Bismarck - A Chance to Strike

Hunting the Bismarck - The Mighty HMS Hood

Hunting the Bismarck - The Pride of Germany

The Articles of Confederation - Ratification

The Articles of Confederation - Becoming the United States

Mary Anning - Princess of Paleontology

Ned Kelly - The Iron Outlaw

Ned Kelly - Kelly Country

Ned Kelly - Shoot Out at Stringybark Creek

Ned Kelly - Under Suspicion

Ned Kelly - Becoming a Bushranger

Catherine the Great - Succession

Catherine the Great - Potemkin, Catherine's General, Advisor, and Lover

Catherine the Great - Reforms, Rebellion, and Greatness

Catherine the Great - Empress Catherine at Last

Catherine the Great - Not Quite Empress Yet

Catherine the Great - Not Quite Catherine Yet

Simón Bolívar - All Good Things

Simón Bolívar - Heavy is the Head

Simón Bolívar - Defeat is Not Surrender

Simón Bolívar - Leavings and Returns

Simón Bolívar - Francisco de Miranda

Simón Bolívar - Reverberations

Veterans Day - A Call to Armistice: Fundraising for War Child Charity

The History of Paper Money - The Gold Standard

The History of Paper Money - Working out the Kinks

The History of Paper Money - Lay Down the Law

The History of Paper Money - Barebones Economy

The History of Paper Money - Not Just Noodles

The History of Paper Money - Origins of Exchange

Hiawatha - Government for the People

Hiawatha - The Great Law of Peace

Gracchus the Elder - Prequel: In His Footsteps

The Brothers Gracchi - The Final Fall

The Brothers Gracchi - Enter Gaius

The Brothers Gracchi - Ochlocracy

The Brothers Gracchi - Populares

The Brothers Gracchi - How Republics Fall

Lindisfarne - An Age Borne in Fire

Urbino - The Light of Italy: Federico da Montefeltro

First Opium War - Conflagration and Surrender

First Opium War - Gunboat Diplomacy

First Opium War - The Righteous Minister

First Opium War - Trade Deficits and the Macartney Embassy

Samuel HaNagid - A Prince of Jews

The History of Writing - Where the Story Begins

Early Christian Schisms - Ephesus, the Robber Council, and Chalcedon

Early Christian Schisms - The Council of Nicaea

Early Christian Schisms - The Woes of Constantine

Early Christian Schisms - Before Imperium

WWII - The Resource War - Strategic Bombing

WWII - The Resource War - The Engines of War

WWII - The Resource War - Lend-Lease

WWII - The Resource War - Arsenal of Democracy

Suleiman the Magnificent - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

Suleiman the Magnificent - Slave of God

Suleiman the Magnificent - The Shadow of God

Suleiman the Magnificent - Sultan of Sultans

Suleiman the Magnificent - Master of the World

Suleiman the Magnificent - Hero of All That Is

World War II - The Battle of Kursk - Control of the Eastern Front

World War II - The Battle of Kursk - Operation Citadel

World War II - The Battle of Kursk - Preparations

World War II - The Battle of Kursk - Operation Barbarossa

Mary Seacole - Mother Seacole in the Crimea

Mary Seacole - A Bold Front to Fortune

The Sanitary Movement - A John Snow Epilogue

England - The Broad Street Pump - Map of the Blue Death

England - The Broad Street Pump - Epidemiology Begins!

England - The Broad Street Pump - You Know Nothing, John Snow

Middle East: Palmyra Today - Afterword

Middle East: Odenathus - Ghosts of the Desert

Korea: Admiral Yi - Martial Lord of Loyalty

Korea: Admiral Yi - Those Who Seek Death Shall Live

Korea: Admiral Yi - The Bright Moonlight of Hansando

Korea: Admiral Yi - Be Like a Mountain

Korea: Admiral Yi - Keep Beating the Drum

Europe - The First Crusade - On to Jerusalem

Europe - The First Crusade - Siege of Antioch

Europe - The First Crusade - Men of Iron

Europe - The First Crusade - A Good Crusade?

Europe - The First Crusade - Peter the Hermit

Europe - The First Crusade - The People's Crusade

Byzantine Empire - Justinian and Theodora - Fighting for Rome

Byzantine Empire - Justinian and Theodora - Impossible Burden of Fate

Byzantine Empire - Justinian and Theodora - Vanquishing the Vandals

Byzantine Empire - Justinian and Theodora - Purple is the Noblest Shroud

Byzantine Empire - Justinian and Theodora - The Reforms of Justinian

Byzantine Empire - Justinian and Theodora - From Swineherd to Emperor

Zulu Empire - Last Stands and Changing Fortunes

Zulu Empire - Diamonds in South Africa

Zulu Empire - The Wrath Of Shaka Zulu

Zulu Empire - Shaka Zulu Becomes King

England - The South Sea Bubble Chapter 5

England - The South Sea Bubble Chapter 4

England - The South Sea Bubble Chapter 3

England - The South Sea Bubble Chapter 2

England - The South Sea Bubble Chapter 1

Warring States Japan - Sengoku Jidai Chapter 6

Warring States Japan - Sengoku Jidai Chapter 5

Warring States Japan - Sengoku Jidai Chapter 4

Warring States Japan - Sengoku Jidai Chapter 3

Warring States Japan - Sengoku Jidai Chapter 2

Warring States Japan - Sengoku Jidai Chapter 1

World War 1 - The Seminal Tragedy Chapter 4

World War 1 - The Seminal Tragedy Chapter 3

World War 1 - The Seminal Tragedy Chapter 2

World War 1 - The Seminal Tragedy Chapter 1

Rome - The Punic Wars Chapter 4

Rome - The Punic Wars Chapter 3

Rome - The Punic Wars Chapter 2

Rome - The Punic Wars Chapter 1

♫ Saladin & the 3rd Crusade - "The Boy from Tikrit"

Saladin & the 3rd Crusade - Lies

♫ End of the Samurai - "The Streets of Kyoto"

End of the Samurai - Lies

♫ Cleopatra - "Immortal Longings"

Cleopatra - Lies

Third Century Crisis - Lies

♫ Third Century Crisis - "Hold the Phalanx!"

♫ Exploring the Pacific - Pasifika

Exploring the Pacific - Lies

♫ Dividing the Middle East - Thread of War

Dividing the Middle East - Lies

Ibn Battuta - Lies

♫ Ibn Battuta - Battuta's Voyage

The Haitian Revolution - Lies

♫ The Haitian Revolution - Crête-à-Pierrot

The 1918 Flu Pandemic: Coronavirus Update

♫ Policing London - Alleyways & Truncheons

Policing London - Lies

♫ Building Angkor Wat - Nokor Thom

Angkor Wat - Lies

♫ Inca Empire: City of Cuzco

Inca Empire - Lies

♫ Joan of Arc: Visions of a Martyr - Tiffany Román

Joan of Arc - Lies

♫ Queen Nzinga: A New Ruler - Tiffany Román

♫ Siege of Vienna: A Distant Enemy Approaches - Tiffany Román

Siege of Vienna & Queen Nzinga - Lies

♫ Irish Potato Famine: A Warmer Place - Rowan's Jig - Tiffany Román

Irish Potato Famine - Lies

♫ Sun Yat-sen: Across the Pacific - Tiffany Román

Sun Yat-sen - Lies

Viking Expansion - Lies

♫ Viking Expansion: March of the Northmen - Tiffany Román

♫ Quantum Computing: Subatomic Fugue - Tiffany Román

♫ Kingdom of Majapahit: Candhi Ayu - Tiffany Román

Kingdom of Majapahit - Lies

♫ 1918 Flu Pandemic: The Cytokine Storm - Tiffany Román

1918 Flu Pandemic - Lies

♫ History of Non-Euclidean Geometry: Postulate 5 - Sean and Dean Kiner

History of Non-Euclidean Geometry - Lies

♫ The Empire of Mali: Wealth Beyond Dreams - Sean and Dean Kiner

The Empire of Mali - Lies

♫ Genghis Khan: The Infinite Steppe - Sean and Dean Kiner

Genghis Khan - Lies

♫ Khosrau Anushirawan: Immortal Soul - Sean and Dean Kiner

Khosrau Anushirawan - Lies

♫ Otto von Bismarck: Art of the Possible - Sean and Dean Kiner

Otto von Bismarck - Lies

♫ Great Northern War: Song of Gunfire - Sean and Dean Kiner

Great Northern War - Lies

♫ The Bronze Age Collapse: Collapse - Sean and Dean Kiner

The Bronze Age Collapse - Lies

D-Day - Lies

♫ Articles of Confederation: Article 11 - Sean and Dean Kiner

The Articles of Confederation - Lies

♫ Ned Kelly: Farewell to Greta - Sean and Dean Kiner

Ned Kelly - Lies

♫ Catherine the Great: Ascension in C - Sean and Dean Kiner

Catherine the Great - Lies

♫ Simón Bolívar: El Libertador - Sean and Dean Kiner

Simón Bolívar - Lies

♫ History of Paper Money: Simple Gifts - Sean and Dean Kiner

The History of Paper Money - Lies

♫ Brothers Gracchi: Air and Light - Sean and Dean Kiner

The Brothers Gracchi - Lies

♫ First Opium War: Waning Moon - Sean and Dean Kiner

♫ Early Christian Schisms: Oxyrhynchus Hymn - Sean and Dean Kiner

First Opium War - Lies

Early Christian Schisms - Lies

Suleiman the Magnificent - Lies

♫ Suleiman the Magnificent - The Lawgiver - Sean and Dean Kiner

Korea: Admiral Yi - Lies

♫ Justinian & Theodora: Monogenes Pais - Sean and Dean Kiner

Justinian and Theodora - Lies 2

On World War II and Nazi Symbolism - A Note from Extra History

♫ The Broad Street Pump Theme - Sean and Dean Kiner

♫ Admiral Yi: Drums of War - Sean and Dean Kiner

England - The Broad Street Pump - Lies

Europe - The First Crusade - Lies

Byzantine Empire - Justinian and Theodora - Lies

Zulu Empire - Lies

England - South Sea Bubble - Lies

Warring States Japan - Sengoku Jidai - Lies

World War I - The Seminal Tragedy - Lies