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The Myth of Loki and the Master Builder
Dive into the Norse myth of how Loki tricked a stranger into building the great wall of Asgard to keep the realm safe from giants. — Asgard, a realm of wonders, was where the Norse Gods made their home. There Odin's great hall...
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The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire - Marian H Feldman
Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-assyrian-empire-marian-h-feldman Before the sun never set on the British Empire; before Genghis Khan swept...
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The Myth of Jason and the Argonauts
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A Day in the Life of a Mongolian Queen
Sign up for our newsletter and never miss an animation: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mongolian-queen-anne-f-broadbridge As dawn breaks over a moveable city of ten...
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The Secret Messages of Viking Runestones
Learn the history of Viking runes, the ancient Norse language of symbols that make up an alphabet called the futhark. — With their navigational skills and advanced longships, the Vikings sustained their seafaring for over 300...
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The Dagda
The Dagda (also Daghda, Daghdha, Dagdae, or Dagda Mór), usually written with the definite article, is one of the most important gods in Irish-Celtic mythology. He appears as a multi-talented warrior-leader of the Tuatha Dé Dannan, invaders...
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Cult of Mithras Explained
The Cult of Mithras was a thriving religion in the Roman Empire. But by the 5th century....it was gone. What do we know about the Cult of Mithras? And what was its relationship with Christianity? Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Blog: www.religionforbreakfast.com...
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Why did Britain lose Hanover? (Short Animated Documentary)
As you'll have noticed, the United Kingdom doesn't include Hanover. However, from 1714 to 1837 both were ruled by the same monarchs and unlike Scotland and England prior to this, the two never unified and in fact they soon went their own...