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History Documentaries are the greatest stories ever told. There’s nothing wrong with fiction, but history is filled with the most amazing stories ever told. History documentaries are about anything that happened yesterday: history documentary on culture, on war, on food, on fashion. History documentaries tell us about our ancestors: who they were, how they dressed, how they loved and how they died. History documentaries are very dear to my heart and these are all chosen with love. Enjoy.

• The History of the Devil

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  In the Christian world, the Devil is known as the enemy of God and lived roughly at the same time, thousands of years ago. Many teachings have implored the Devil as going against God’s teaching, and was, therefore, evil. But this idea, which has been present since time imemmorial, did not originate from the Bible.
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• Big Sugar

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  How many hours do you work per day? How much money do you make each day? Would you be willing to work 12-hour days to bring home a mere $2? For the workers in a Fanjul-owned sugar plantation in Central Roman, this horrible picture is a sad reality. Workers starve as they labour like slaves
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• The Story Of Maths

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  “The Story of Maths” is a four-part series that is presented by Marcus du Sautoy, an esteemed Professor of Mathematics from the University of Oxford. He discusses the origins of Math and the development of the theories over history and explains why the subject is one that is most important of all the disciplines and
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• Lost Cities Of The Ancients

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  What could cause a society to build a mass amount of pyramids and then suddenly vanish? Lost Cities of the Ancients explores a strange world as viewers are taken deep inside the Lambeyeque valley in Northern Peru. We’re taken to a mysterious lost world and what is uncovered during our travels will surprise you. This
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• The Age Of Aids

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  This documentary was presented in observance of the 25th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis. This is an exposition into the disease the world has regarded as the worst pandemic to ever emerge, and has been comparable to the Black Plague that has killed almost a third of Europe’s entire population in the early century.
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• Power and Control: LSD in the 60s

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  This documentary is presented by Aron Ranen as he attempts to go on a journey to discover the origins of psychedelics, or what he believes is the way LSD in the 1960′s had control over the mind and psyche of the people. LSD was declared illegal in 1996, and yet it persisted among society and
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• Barbarians

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  This four-part documentary first broadcast on BBC 2 offers a different perspective on a community in which we have referred to as barbarians. Presented by Terry Jones, Barbarians will challenge your beliefs surrounding this society that the Roman and Roman Catholic’s have historically labelled as savages. The first part of the series, “The Primitive Celts”
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• The Worst Jobs In History

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  First aired in 2004, “The Worst Jobs in History” is a British production hosted by Tony Robinson. The first series featured jobs that were grouped according to different historical period, namely the Roman era, the Anglo-Saxon period, the Medieval ages, the reign of the Tudors, followed by the Stuarts, Gregorians and then finally, the era
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• History Of Magic – Dangerous Magic

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  Who doesn’t love a great magic show? From card tricks to cutting people in half the power of magic is phenomenal. If you’re anything like me, just watching Criss Angel and other famous magicians, gives me anxiety in a really thrilling manner. But where did it all start? Where did this magical phenomenon originate from?
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• Gladiator Graveyard

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  When I think about Gladiators, one of the first images to pop into my mind is Russell Crowe, battling it out in the 2000 film Gladiator. Winning an academy award for Best Picture and Best Actor, it was truly a great film, Russell Crowe was merely an added bonus. That being said, how realistic was
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