Dan Davis History narrates: “The people of the Sintashta culture were Bronze Age chariot warriors of the Northern steppes. A people who changed the world. Highly patriarchal and warlike, they were also bronze workers who built huge fortified settlements like Arkaim east of the Ural mountains. They invented the chariot and bred the best horses […]
Category Archives: Europe
How was England formed?
Knowledgia has an interesting video on the formation of medieval England in the wake of the dissolution of the former Roman Empire.
Evolution of the Indo-European Languages
This is interesting. “The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations continues with a video on the evolution of the Indo-European Languages, as we give a summary of how this language family formed and how the languages belonging to each are still connected to each other.”
The Ancient Copper Mine that Transformed Britain
The First Crusade (1096-1099)
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212 A.D.)
Video Selections from Real Crusades History
[This is an archival repository of content previously published on the home page of Ryan Setliff under the topic Crusades Studies.]
The Battle of Hastings
[This is an archive of content previously posted on my personal home page under the Anglophile and Historian topical sections.]
Ottoman-Portuguese War – Age of Colonization
“Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of the Ottoman Empire, continues with a video on the Ottoman-Portuguese wars, as the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Portugal fight for dominance over the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In this video, we cover the early Portuguese conquests in India and their […]
King Cnut the Great: The Danish King of the English
“Let all men know how empty and powerless is the power of kings, for there is none worth of the name but God, whom heaven, earth, and sea obey.” —Cnut the Great