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Slave nations.
Within the beating heart of 14th century England lurked a cancer that would lay waste to the nation, and devastate society: the Black Death. Arriving in…
Oct 22, 2023
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Death of liberty.
To live in the Repubblica di Firenze in the 1480s was to reside in a place where art, politics, and intellectual exploration fermented to create the…
Oct 18, 2023
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You will obey.
Sometime in the early 15th century, a bronze-skinned boy was born in the city of Cuzco with the name Cusi Yupanki. He was a boy who would soon change…
Oct 8, 2023
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September 2023
No house for you.
Amsterdam in the 17th Century was a city that bustled with international trade, and gleamed with the wealth it had acquired from endless overseas…
Sep 20, 2023
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The "Holy War" over your money.
In the city of Lunden in the year 1185, banking as we know it today was born. Prior to this time, houses of coin and money lenders had already existed…
Sep 17, 2023
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Illegal money.
With his head held high, General Li Xin of the Qin state marched his triumphant army through the gates of Línzī, the capital city of the Qi kingdom in…
Sep 3, 2023
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April 2023
The men who eat gold.
For the elites of ancient Rome, extravagant tastes, decadence, and the pursuit of luxury in all aspects of life were societally accepted norms. Wild…
Apr 9, 2023
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March 2023
The most valuable item on Earth.
In the year 1253, probably the most valuable item on Earth was known to the Mongol empire as the gerege—though to the rest of the world, it was more…
Mar 19, 2023
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The monster is here.
Ancient Greece in the 7th Century BC was a time of myth, magic, and monsters. It’s this time in human history that one of the oldest surviving works of…
Mar 5, 2023
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January 2023
Eat the poor.
In matters of taxation, Rome’s emperor Tiberius believed in handling things with a light touch. He was quoted as saying “Boni pastoris est tondere…
Jan 23, 2023
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Those sneaky Fuggers.
On the 6th of March 1459, in the German city of Augsburg, one of the richest men to have ever lived took his first breath. Born the tenth of eleven…
Jan 9, 2023
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December 2022
Burning your future.
The life of a eunuch in 15th century China was seldom one that attracted distinction or renown. By definition, eunuchs were castrated male slaves and…
Dec 11, 2022
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