Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat Happened When Athens Selected Its Leaders by Chance? - Sortition and the Stone Machine of Classical Athens | Sleepy Facts About History
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Modern democracies rely almost entirely on el…
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Why Did the East India Company Start Collecting Taxes? - The East India Company's Unplanned Empire | Sleepy Facts About History
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On the last day of 1600, Queen Elizabeth I gr…
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Why Did the Parisian Sections Revolt Against the New Directory? - Napoleon Bonaparte and the 13 Vendémiaire Uprising | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the autumn of 1795, the French National Co…
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Was Madeira the First Testing Ground for the Plantation Complex? - Environmental Engineering and Coerced Labor in Early Madeira | Sleepy Facts About History
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When Portuguese navigators reached the uninha…
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Why Did England's First Colony Really Fail? - Outsourced Imperialism and the Roanoke Venture | Sleepy Facts About History
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In 1587, a group of English colonists carved …
6 hours ago
How Did the Ottoman State Survive the Battle of Ankara? - From Ankara to Çamurlu: The Eleven-Year Ottoman Succession Crisis | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the summer of 1402, the rapidly expanding …
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Why Did the Early Caliphate Face Crisis After Every Succession? - The Saqifa Meeting and the Birth of the Caliphate | Sleepy Facts About History
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In June of the year 632, as Prophet Muhammad …
9 hours ago
What Held the Xiongnu Confederation Together? - The Steppe Empire Built on Tribute | Sleepy Facts About History
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In 200 BCE, the first emperor of the Han dyna…
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What Held the Unwritten Roman Political System Together? - The Collapse of Rome’s Unwritten Political Order | Sleepy Facts About History
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The Roman Republic governed one of the most s…
12 hours ago
Why Did Japan's Military Rulers Need the Imperial Court? - The Shogun and the Emperor | Sleepy Facts About History
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The common assumption about Japanese history …
12 hours ago