Season 1 (2018)

33 AD: The Crucifixion of Jesus
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March 17, 2018 • 27m

Christians believe Jesus is a man who preached and performed miracles and died on the cross but was resurrected. But for historian...Read more

24 September 622: The Hegira
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March 17, 2018 • 27m

Muhammed’s first year in Medina, in year 622 of the Christian era, marks the beginning of the Muslim era and the birth of a new re...Read more

323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great
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March 24, 2018 • 27m

Alexander’s death marks the loss of the greatest conquerors in History, the only man who managed to extend the Empire to Eurasia, ...Read more

1492: The New World
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March 24, 2018 • 27m

1492 was officially the year the Americas were 'discovered', marking the end of the Middle Ages. Yet it's possible that Christophe...Read more

20 June 1789: The Tennis Court Oath
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March 31, 2018 • 27m

Because of its abstract nature, one tends to forget that the Tennis Court Oath was the key tipping point of the French Revolution,...Read more

11 February 1990: Liberation of Nelson Mandela
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March 31, 2018 • 27m

“I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people” : those are the first words pronounced by N...Read more

24 August 79: Destruction of Pompeii
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April 7, 2018 • 27m

The catastrophe led to a vast interdisciplinary project : volcanology reveals the force of the eruption, archeology and the study ...Read more

6 August, 1945: Hiroshima
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April 7, 2018 • 27m

As opposed to the official discourse, the United States viewed the Hiroshima operation as a large-scale scientific experiment to f...Read more

1347: The Beginning of the Black Death
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April 14, 2018 • 27m

Did the first outbreaks occur in China or in the Caspian Sea ? Experts still argue. But how did the plague actually spread ? After...Read more

1431: The Fall of Angkor
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April 14, 2018 • 27m

The fascinating discovery of Angkor’s ruins conveys images of magnificence and splendour : we’d like to believe in the idea of a l...Read more