History and politics

The Netherlands spans a history of Roman borders, Burgundian rule, the Dutch Revolt for independence, a Golden Age of trade and art, and 19th century industrialization. Written in English.

The Ottoman Empire rose from a small Anatolian state to a vast realm spanning three continents over six centuries, shaping the modern Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe. Written in English.

Google began as a Stanford research project and grew into the world's dominant search engine, reshaping how people find information, advertise, and communicate online. Written in English.

Ancient kingdoms, Roman conquest, diaspora, Zionism, Holocaust, 1948 founding, wars, peace agreements. Israel's full history.

Norse settlement, Althingi founding, saga age, Norwegian Danish rule, famines, volcanic eruptions, independence. Iceland's full history.

Aztec rituals, Donner Party diaries, witch trial confessions, colonial weaponization. A serious forensic look at human cannibalism.

Picts, Wallace, Bruce, Reformation, union with England, Jacobites, Clearances, Enlightenment. Scotland's full history from ancient to modern.

The excavation report by William Augustus Miles, who opened the Deverel Barrow in 1824.

Perhaps Kimmeridge is the birthplace of the term "coal" for money. William Augustus Miles examined the coal money of Kimmeridge in 1826. He found several pieces and explained the context of the finds.

Rat torture, dancing plagues, child crusades, corpse trials, cannibal sieges. The darkest, strangest facts from medieval history.

Khoisan rock art, Zulu spears at Isandlwana, Kimberley diamond rush, 1913 Land Act. How apartheid was built stone by stone.

Shang human sacrifice, Mongol plague corpses, samurai sword testing, Mughal brother blinding. Asia's 3,000 year dark history.

Ivan the Terrible, Romanov secrets, Stalin's gulags, Holodomor famine, KGB torture. Russia's darkest history across a thousand years.

Medusa's curse, Pandora's jar, Orpheus's doubt, Titans devouring children. Greek myths without sugarcoating, for younger readers and adults.

Reconquista land grab, Inquisition torture, Habsburg hyperinflation, Altamira cave myths. Spain's brutal history from prehistory to empire.

Turtle ships, Japanese occupation, comfort women, Gwangju massacre, 1987 uprisings. Korea's full history from myth to democracy.

From PayPal dropouts to Google's $1.65 billion gamble: copyright violations, algorithm wars, Adpocalypse, and creators who built YouTube.

Canaanites to Oslo Accords: Roman rule, Islamic conquest, Crusades, Ottoman centuries, British Mandate, 1948, and ongoing conflict.

Viking longships, Danish union, 1905 independence, Nazi occupation, heavy water sabotage, North Sea oil. Norway's remarkable history.

Lindisfarne raid, Vinland settlement, Varangian Guard, Norse cosmology, sunstone navigation. The real Vikings without Hollywood nonsense.

Operation Paperclip, SS occult programs, wonder weapons, Antarctic base theory. Separating Nazi myths from documented WWII history.

Ice Age tribes, Celts, Vikings, feudal kingdoms, colonialism, Enlightenment, world wars. The full, unvarnished history of European peoples.

Viking eastern trade routes, Kalmar Union, Swedish Empire, Great Northern War, neutrality, welfare state. Sweden's full history.

Olmec to Aztec, Spanish conquest, independence wars, French Intervention, 1910 Revolution. Mexico's layered history from pre-Columbian to present.

From Charlemagne to Louis XIV, Revolution to Napoleon, World Wars to Fifth Republic. The full history of France.

Tin traders linked Cornwall to Mesopotamia, Indus sewage systems 4000 years ahead, Sea Peoples burned civilizations. The strange, connected Bronze Age.

Jomon to Heian, samurai rise, Tokugawa isolation, Meiji Restoration, WWII recovery. Japan's full history from ancient to modern.

Dong Son culture, Chinese domination, Tay Son Rebellion, French Indochina, Vietnam War, Doi Moi reforms. The resilient nation's full story.

10,000 years of Finnish history: shamans, Swedish crusades, Russian wars, folklore rebellion. Europe's stubborn underdog from ice age to 1809.

Hitler's own words from Mein Kampf and speeches. A first person retelling of his rise, war, and downfall based on historical records.