The History that Inspired Game of Thrones
Of course the acclaimed TV series Game of Thrones is not a historical drama – far from it. However it took some inspiration from a very interesting period of medieval English history. The Wars of the...
Author: Martin
World War II Memorial (Washington DC)
World War II ended in Europe 70 years ago. As I was recently in Washington DC and visited the National World War II Memorial, I think this is a fitting first post in the new Places of History category.
German Empire – Great Powers before World War I (part 1)
This series about the Great Powers before World War I provides an overview of their alliances, their foreign and domestic policies and challenges. In this first part we look at the German Empire.
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Podcast
Dan Carlin has produced the Hardcore History podcast since 2006. Each episode I have listened to was passionate, well researched, detailed and therefore obviously also long. The podcast covers a wide range of historic topics from...
The History and Future of Everything – Time
This video covers history. All of history. And so much more. And puts it into perspective. The pick of the week is this animated science video by Kurzgesagt (German for “In a Nutshell”), a team of...
The Problem with Maps
The Earth is a sphere and as there is no perfect way to show the surface of a sphere on a 2D rectangle, any map will have issues. There are many ways how a map can...
The Road to World War I – part 2: Recommended Podcasts
In this second part of recommended media about the road to World War I, we will look at two excellent audio podcasts. The BBC produced a lot of high quality audio content for the 100th anniversary...
The History of Rome Podcast
Our pick of the week is an audio podcast that covers the complete history of the Roman Empire. From the founding of the city of Rome until the fall of the West Roman Empire in 476....
