Mansa Musa: the emperor who broke economies just by showing up. Richer than your wildest dreams and shinier than the sun, he turned a pilgrimage into a flex that echoed across continents.

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Matilda of England: royal daughter, political power broker,and Duchess of Saxony with a diplomatic spine of steel. She married into chaos, raised emperors, and made Europe her chessboard.
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Part 2: John signs the Magna Carta, throws tantrums, anddies of peaches. Power, paranoia, and poop-water revenge—England’s worst king delivers.

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King John: royal disaster, brother of Richard, loser oflands, signer of things. In Part 1, we dive into his origin story—spoiler: it’s mostly bad.

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A giant bronze man stood guard over a harbour for a hot minute, then faceplanted into history. The Colossus of Rhodes: ancient engineering meets gravity. This is Episode 1 in our Ancient Wonders series.

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People danced until they dropped—sometimes dead. Was it a plague? A cult? Mass hysteria? Or just the worst rave in history?

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Rollo: Viking warlord turned French duke who said yes toland, no to French lessons, and maybe to biting people's faces.

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In Part 2, the Medicis crank it up—Popes, poisonings, andsome light art patronage between murder plots. Power never looked so decorative.

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