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The Malacca Sultanate
Season 2
The Malaccan Sultanate was established around 1400 by Parameswara, the last king of Singapura. The city’s location on both sides of the Malaccan Stra…
2 years, 5 months ago
India and International Connections
Season 2
Although Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur, a Muslim who founded the Mughal Empire, made little effort to assimilate to Indian culture, his grandson Akbar …
2 years, 5 months ago
A Summary of our Journey into Human History so far
Season 1
Knowing the past, the human story, has long been considered a mark of civilization, and its study has never been more important. The study of world h…
2 years, 5 months ago
Gunpowder and Nomads in a Transitional Age
Early forms of guns were difficult to use and often inaccurate, but as they improved, rulers began to replace cavalry with infantry armed with guns. …
2 years, 5 months ago
From the Mamluks to Ming China
Season 1
The Abbasids, Ayyubids, and Ottomans all depended on enslaved or formerly enslaved people to staff their armies and run their administrations. Christ…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ottomans and the Mongols
Season 1
Following the sack of Constantinople by crusaders and the Mongols’ defeat of the Seljuk Turks, the Ottomans emerged as a power in northwestern Anatol…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Long-Term Effects of the Global Transformation during the 14th Century
Season 1
The challenges and crises of the fourteenth century generated many social and cultural changes as the societies of Afro-Eurasia sought to recover and…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Black Death from East to West
Season 1
From the 1340s to the 1350s, the Black Death unleashed a wave of death and devastation across Afro-Eurasia. This global pandemic of bubonic plague no…
2 years, 5 months ago
Famine, Climate Change, and Migration in the 14th Century
Season 1
The field of historical climatology has enabled historians to combine analyses of written sources with data about the ecological environment of the p…
2 years, 5 months ago
Asia, North Africa, and Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century
Season 1
The fourteenth century was a time of profound political change across Afro-Eurasia. From the rise of the Yuan dynasty to the emergence of the Il-Khan…
2 years, 6 months ago