The Rest Is History

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152. American Crusades
42 min
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151. Valentine's Day
51 min
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Real Dictators: Adolf Hitler's Day In Court
48 min
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150. Smuggling
66 min
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149. The Birth of Russia
47 min
406
148. The Vikings Go East
42 min
407
147. Disease, the New World and modern pandemics
36 min
408
146. Disease vs. the rise of civilisation
36 min
409
145. Babylon
56 min
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144. The Trial of Charles I Part 2
41 min
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143. The Trial of Charles I Part 1
52 min
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142. General Gordon and the Siege of Khartoum
54 min
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141. General Gordon: The Ultimate Victorian Hero
38 min
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140. The Birth of the Railways
53 min
415
139. The Princes in the Tower Part 2
54 min
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138. The Princes in the Tower Part 1
46 min
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137. 1922: The Birth of the Modern World Part 2
60 min
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136. 1922: The Birth of the Modern World Part 1
51 min
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135. Crossing the Rubicon: The die is cast
34 min
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134. Crossing the Rubicon: The rise of Julius C...
36 min
421
12 Days: Alfred the Great and Pepys' 'Fanatiques'
27 min
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12 Days: Death of Edward the Confessor and the ...
27 min
423
12 Days: Solomon Northup and Albert Camus
24 min
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12 Days: Martin Luther and J.R.R. Tolkien
22 min
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12 Days: Reconquest of Spain and the Old Queen ...
27 min