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DW | Ancient Babylon 3.2 - The Sumerian King List Among the later Mesopotamian texts that deal with the Early Dynastic Period, the Sumerian King List is perhaps the most important. The text is known only from manuscripts dating to the...

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Alexander the Great transformed the world during his reign — but was he an embattled leader, or a ruthless conqueror? – Alexander the Great fundamentally transformed the world during his 13-year reign. He conquered Persia when it was one...

Catherine the Great presided over a golden age of Russian expansion — but was she a dedicated ruler or a ruthless oppressor? – Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia for over three decades, used strategic dalliances, military might, and cutting-edge...

The American Civil War was fought by some of the most famous military strategists of all time, but not all of them had any business being in charge. Whether because of cowardice, foolishness, or drunkenness, these are the generals who failed...

In the chaos following the American Revolutionary War, a pair of bandits known as the Harpe Brothers went on a vicious killing spree across the frontier. They are now considered the first serial killers in America. Watch this video ad-free...

While the 18th century beginnings of the United States of America as we know it may seem like a hopeful but challenging time in American history, it's hard to imagine that a pair of violent serial killers were already stalking the wilderness...

Sometimes trail blazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again...

Remember how Darwin and Mendel lived around the same time, but everyone forgot about Mendel until 1900, and even then biologists saw Darwinism and Mendelism as two competing grand theories about how life works? Well, in this episode of Crash...