Milestones in World History

Milestones in World History

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TRT Belgesel
History

The explorers, inventors, scientists, scholars and important figures that shaped the history of the world as narrated by Turkish actor Bülent İnal.

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Persians vs Greeks
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The epic battles between the ancient Persians and Greeks were about more than dominance and riches.
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Pope Clement VII
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The flawed decisions taken before Pope Clement VII foreshadowed political and clerical upheavals in Catholicism and Europe.
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The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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The assassination of the Austria-Hungarian archduke in Sarajevo by a nationalist Serb ignited the greatest war that the world had ever seen.
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Günter Schabowski's Lisp
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The East German politician Günter Schabowski's mistaken answer to a press conference question became the most innocent fault in the history of the world.
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The Last Genuine Roman
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The beginning of the dark ages was ushered by this anonymous Roman bowman.
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The Divine Winds in Moscow
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German aviator Mathias Rast achieved what Napoleon and Hitler ambitiously coveted but woefully failed.
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Cats and the Plague
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Unlike the ancient Egyptian and Romans, the Medieval Europeans demonized and dismissed cats, but that would cost them their lives.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The invention of the atomic bomb led to a terrible event that most wished it never were.
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The Assassin: James Earl Ray
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What led to the heinous crime of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by James Earl Ray?
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Tesla Coil
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The year is 1891, and Nicola Tesla is about to make a breakthrough by inventing what's to come to be known as Tesla Coil.