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Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived - Jessica Smith
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Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived - Jessica Smith

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mansa-musa-one-of-the-wealthiest-people-who-ever-lived-jessica-smith Mansa Musa, the 14th century African king of the Mali Empire...
The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire - Stephanie Honchell Smith

Trace the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire, which became one of the wealthiest and most powerful states in the early modern world. Though he was descended from some of the world’s most successful conquerors, Babur struggled to gain a...
What Really Caused the Irish Potato Famine - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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What Really Caused the Irish Potato Famine - Stephanie Honchell Smith

Dig into what caused the Irish potato famine, and explore how the UK government’s response turned the crisis into a catastrophe. – For over 200 years, potatoes thrived in Ireland; roughly half the country’s residents lived almost entirely...
The Gory History of Barber Surgeons - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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The Gory History of Barber Surgeons - Stephanie Honchell Smith

Trace the history of barber-surgeons, and find out what led to barbers performing medical procedures in medieval Europe. – It’s a cold morning in 15th century France and you’re off to the barber for a shave and haircut. You hear the...
The Merciless Mercenaries of the Italian Renaissance - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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The Merciless Mercenaries of the Italian Renaissance - Stephanie Honchell Smith

Dig into the history of the elite mercenaries known as condottieri, who were soldiers for hire for Italy's rich and powerful. During the 14th and 15th centuries, mercenaries known as condottieri dominated Italian warfare, profiting from—...
History vs. Tamerlane the Conqueror - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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History vs. Tamerlane the Conqueror - Stephanie Honchell Smith

Tamerlane was one of history’s greatest conquerors— but was he a great state builder or a bloodthirsty tyrant? You decide. He was born in the 1330s in the Chaghatayid Khanate, formerly the Mongol Empire. On the steppe, he rose from a lowly...
6 Myths about the Middle Ages that Everyone Believes - Stephanie Honchell Smith
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6 Myths about the Middle Ages that Everyone Believes - Stephanie Honchell Smith

Explore the 6 most common misconceptions about the Middle Ages, and find out what living in medieval times was actually like. Medieval Europe. Where unbathed, sword-wielding knights ate rotten meat, thought the Earth was flat, defended...
Myles Standish
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Myles Standish

Myles Standish (l. c. 1584-1656 CE) was the military advisor to the Plymouth Colony who traveled with the colonists (later known as pilgrims) aboard the Mayflower in 1620 CE. The colonists were made up of members of a religious separatist...
Mountain Meadows Massacre
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Mountain Meadows Massacre

The Mountain Meadows Massacre (11 September 1857) was a conflict between the Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and the wagon train of the Baker-Fancher party, who were traveling through Utah to California, resulting in...
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Battles of Lexington and Concord

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were engagements fought between British regular soldiers and militia from the colony of Massachusetts on 19 April 1775. The British troops were on their way to seize military supplies stored in the town...
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