Category: Near East
Episode 1 Dreams of Avarice
In The Ascent of Money Niall Ferguson traces the evolution of money and demonstrates that financial history is the essential back story behind all...
The Fall Of Constantinople Russian English Subtitles
With the conquest of Constatinople in 1204 during the 4th crusade the fall of the Byzantine Empire began. After 1430 the empire included only...
The Kings Babylon to Baghdad
The region now known as Iraq has always beenin many ways, world history's ground zero. From this rich territory sprang the earliest cities and...