How did a MALE Chinese opera writer convince a French diplomat that he was a WOMAN, marry him for 20 YEARS, somehow have a CHILD with him, and have him leak government documents?
Shi Pei Pu and Bernard Bouriscot :1964-1984: Read time – 6 minutes
The Early Life of Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan’s origin story: 1162 – 1184 AD: Read time – 5 minutes 32 seconds
Why was a Russian peasant at the Treaty Negotiations with Germany in World War One?
The Treaty of Brest Litovsk :1917: Read time – 2 minutes 57 seconds
What did Ancient People Joke About?
Ancient jokes: Read time – 5 minutes 16 seconds
Why Soviet soldiers feared Stalin more than the Nazis in World War Two
Stalin’s Order 270 and Order 227: The Eastern Front, WW2, 1941-45. Read time – 11 minutes 45 seconds
Gladiators and Slave Revolts: Spartacus and the Largest Slave Revolt in Roman History
The Third Servile War: 73 BC- 71 BC: Read time – 11 minutes 24 seconds
The second oldest Civilization in Human History located in… Peru?
The Norte Chico: C. 3500 BC: Read time – 6 minutes 22 seconds
How did Theodore Roosevelt almost die in the Amazon Rainforest?
Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition: 1913-1914: 11 minutes 48 seconds
That time Christians crusaded against other Christians: Part two
The Fourth Crusade: 1202-1204: Read time – 10 minutes 34 seconds
That time Christians crusaded against other Christians: Part one
The Fourth Crusade: 1202-1204: Read time – 6 minutes 52 seconds