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People
Lives told in ten minutes.
Battles
The decisive hours.
Battle of StalingradMajor World War II battle from 1942 to 1943- AApollo 11First crewed Moon landing (1969)
- BBattle of Albulena1457 battle of the Ottoman–Albanian wars
Battle of Waterloo1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
Attack on Pearl Harbor1941 Japanese attack on the U.S.
Battle of Thermopylae480 BC engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars
Wars
Conflicts that reshaped the map.
Disasters
Earthquakes, plagues, the days the world broke.
Black Death1346–1353 pandemic in Eurasia and North Africa
COVID-19 pandemicPandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
HIV/AIDSSpectrum of conditions caused by HIV infection
The HolocaustGenocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany- SSeptember 11 attacks2001 terror attacks in the U.S.
TitanicBritish passenger liner that sank in 1912
Cultures
Civilisations, faiths, ethnic groups.
Ancient EgyptCradle of civilization in North Africa
Indus Valley CivilizationBronze Age civilisation in South Asia- MMesopotamiaHistorical region of West Asia
SumerAncient Mesopotamian civilization from 3300 to 1900 BC- AAncient GreeceGreek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
AztecEthnic group of central Mexico and its civilization
Movements
Renaissances, revolutions, awakenings.
RenaissanceEuropean cultural period of the 14th to 17th centuries- PProtestant Reformation16th-century movement in Western Christianity
Age of EnlightenmentEuropean cultural movement
BuddhismSouth Asian religion and philosophy
FeminismRange of socio-political movements and ideologies- CCapitalismEconomic system based on private ownership
Inventions
The breakthroughs that changed everything.
Ancient world
Stories from before the year 500.
From France
French lives, places, and movements.
NapoleonFrench general and emperor (1769–1821)
RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
Pablo PicassoSpanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
René DescartesFrench philosopher and mathematician (1596–1650)
FranceCountry primarily in Western Europe
VoltaireFrench writer and philosopher (1694–1778)
Modern era
From Napoleon to the present.
EgyptCountry in Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia
Abraham LincolnPresident of the United States from 1861 to 1865
Mahatma GandhiIndian independence activist (1869–1948)- JJoseph StalinLeader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
South AfricaCountry in Southern Africa
From Britain
The British Isles across the centuries.
From Italy
Rome, the Renaissance, and what followed.
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