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 | 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...
by Dan | Oct 30, 2021 | Bronze Age History, Gods of Bronze, history, YouTube
When did metal armour first emerge in Europe? Where was it first developed? What about the first metal helmets and shields? And what can all this armour tell us about its users and the societies they came from? This is the story of European Bronze Age armour. Sources...
