by Dan | Nov 11, 2023 | history, YouTube
Sir Francis Drake’s attacks on Spanish ships, towns, and ports in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and on Iberia itself frustrated and terrorised Spanish governors, admirals, King Phillip II himself and even the Pope in Rome. He robbed the Spanish gold and silver...
by Dan | Mar 22, 2023 | history, YouTube
What did ancient Europeans eat between 10,000 BC and 3000 BC? In the Mesolithic era, the hunter gatherers of Europe were thriving in a range of environments across the Continent. From 7,000 BC Neolithic farmers spread across Europe bringing a new way of life, new...
by Dan | Feb 24, 2023 | history, YouTube
William Marshal was the Earl of Pembroke, and the regent for the young Henry III. Archbishop Stephen Langton called him “the greatest knight in the world.” His talent as a knight, on the battlefield and as a tournament champion, won him renown and riches through...
by Dan | Aug 24, 2022 | Bronze Age History, history
In Bronze Age northern Italy the Terramare culture thrived for centuries until one day in about 1200 BC, the population of 120,00 people disappeared. This was the same era as the Late Bronze Age collapse, when the mysterious Sea Peoples invaded the Near East and...
by Dan | Feb 2, 2022 | history, YouTube
The people of the Sintashta culture were Bronze Age chariot warriors of the Northern steppes. A people who changed the world. Highly patriarchal and warlike, they were also bronze workers who built huge fortified settlements like Arkaim east of the Ural mountains....
by Dan | Nov 24, 2021 | history, YouTube
Horses were domesticated on the Eurasian steppe thousands of years ago and were first used for their milk, meat, and hides. And at some point, people began riding them. But when were they first used in warfare? Where was mounted combat first practiced and who were the...
