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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz6uANtQt5YThe Pompeii volcano eruption in 79 AD is one of the most unusual events in history. It happened near the lost city of Pompeii on 24 August 79 AD was the fateful incident that the world will never forget. How exactly did things happen the day the volcano from Mount Vesuvius erupted unexpectedly on the lost city of Pompeii in Italy and buried it under tons of volcanic ash - this video takes you through the day hour by hour detail of the incident that made Pompeii famous in history, how it got destroyed and all its citizens turned to stone bodies. What really happened when in 79 AD, the volcano finally erupted.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9zw8iTpGYEThe actual history, the real story of the Rise & Fall of the Indus Valley Civilization (Harappa and Mohenjo Daro) is buried under the sands of time. Quite literally. While we have unearthed some fascinating artefacts and tried to piece together their lives and stories, a lot, of course, is still speculation. In this animated history documentary, you will see all that we do know so far about the history of the largest Bronze Age civilization - the Indus Valley Civilization from 5000 years ago.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQytb7_tEhE&t=133sMany ancient animals are extinct from our planet, but some thankfully so. Pre-historic life was not easy. These pre-historic, ancient animals were very large and very dangerous. So let's be grateful our worst fear is a cockroach now. These are the top 5 largest extinct ancient animals that you never want to meet.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:Content and script by Aditi Bhardwaj (Instagram: @addtti)Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMMOkTOneisWeird historical practices by people across cultures is what is about. Crazy rituals, beliefs and practices that people in history thought were perfectly normal, but from our 21st-century eyes, they seem certifiably insane!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOFWu2EN5xoIs our civilization collapsing? Why do civilizations collapse at all? In this animated history documentary, let's take a look at why ancient civilizations collapsed and are there any parallels between them and us? In other words, is our civilisation collapsing?Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

The story of India Pakistan Partition and fall of the British Empire - the real reason, the real story behind these. In 1947, the British Empire in India gave India its independence from the British Raj but through the partition of India and Pakistan. So how and why did Partition of India and Pakistan even happen and how it affected the Indian subcontinent? Why was India partitioned? What was the reason behind this historic India's partition? Here's the story.#indianindependenceday #britishraj #indiapakistanpartitionThis audio takes you over the days right before India and Pakistan's partition in 1947 when India gained independence from the British Raj. It all happened over just a few days when Louis Mountbatten came to India and met its top 4 leaders - Mahatma Gandhi, Vallabhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammad Ali Jinnah.  References:Freedom At Midnight. Collins, Larry and Lapierre, Dominque. 1975. Vikas Publishing House, India.Music: www.bensound.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHBDCwPoUBsEnjoy this biography of the life of Akbar, the 3rd Mughal emperor. Also known as Akbar the Great, coz he...kinda was! From his birth when his father Humayun was on the run to the magnificent empire that he ended up building, Akbar has been a legend then and now. FURTHER READING:Smith, Vincent. Akbar, The Great Mogul 1542 - 1605. Oxford University Press. 1918.Abū, -F. M., Blochmann, H., Jarrett, H. S., & Sarkar, J. (1927). The A'in-i Akbari by Abu'l-Fazl 'Allami: Translated into English by H. Blochmann. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal.Jauhar. (2013). In C. Stewart (Trans.), The Tezkereh al Vakiat; or, Private Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayun.Cambridge University Press.Richard M Eaton. India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFaMCXeGfiIHow did this chapter of Indian history, and British history, even start? Let's go back to that day in 1599 in England that started the whole story of how did the British conquer India. That's when this long story of British Raj / British Empire's colonisation of India started. And it's a fascinating one.#indianindependenceday #britishraj #britishempire_____References:Freedom At Midnight. Collins, Larry and Lapierre, Dominque. 1975. Vikas Publishing House, India.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: Part 4: Life of Akbar - YouTubeSo yeah, this is the real history/biography of the 3rd Mughal emperor, Akbar.Part 1 and 2 are on this channel. If you haven't watched them yet, go explore.Akbar, the Great Mughal / Moghul, the third Mughal emperor. The Mughal empire was the biggest and the richest empire in the 16th and the 17th centuries in the world. This short documentary is a biography - a story of the life of Akbar. As the grandson of Babur and a descendant of Tamerlane and Genghis Khan, Akbar built one of the greatest empires in medieval Indian history. Although there are many legendary stories surrounding the life of Akbar - be it Jodha-Akbar or Akbar-Birbal, the actual historical facts about the true history of his life are different but no less interesting.FURTHER READING:Smith, Vincent. Akbar, The Great Mogul 1542 - 1605. Oxford University Press. 1918.Abū, -F. M., Blochmann, H., Jarrett, H. S., & Sarkar, J. (1927). The A'in-i Akbari by Abu'l-Fazl 'Allami: Translated into English by H. Blochmann. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal.Jauhar. (2013). In C. Stewart (Trans.), The Tezkereh al Vakiat; or, Private Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayun.Cambridge University Press.Richard M Eaton. India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: The most chilling case of family murder in Indian history | Murder of Rana Kumbha of Mewar - YouTubePeople will do anything for power, right? Including killing their own father. That's how Rana Kumbha of Mewar was murdered in medieval India (in the 1460s to be precise)... Details in the videoFor any fact, you can't digest, direct abuses at the references below, which is great research conducted by awesome historians.References:1. “Political History of Ancient India”, Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, University of Calcutta (1923)2. Day, Upendra Nath. "Medieval Malwa: A Political and Cultural History, 1401-1562". Delhi University, History DepartmentMeanwhile, these are acknowledgements I have to give:1. Background music used:Prelude No. 5 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...​)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes/​Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/​Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: How & Why did Vedic Astrology Begin? | Origins & History of Astrology | Ancient India |Hindi w Eng - YouTubeWhere, when, how and why did astrology and zodiac signs begin and how did those guys back then get so good at astronomy (without needing millions of dollars for telescopes and stuff)?Well, here, we answer this. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: (Part 3) Life of Akbar - YouTubeAkbar, the Great Mughal / Moghul, the third Mughal emperor. The Mughal empire was the biggest and the richest empire in the 16th and the 17th centuries in the world. This short documentary is a biography - a story of the life of Akbar. As the grandson of Babur and a descendant of Tamerlane and Genghis Khan, Akbar built one of the greatest empires in medieval Indian history. Although there are many legendary stories surrounding the life of Akbar - be it Jodha-Akbar or Akbar-Birbal, the actual historical facts about the true history of his life are different but no less interesting.FURTHER READING:Smith, Vincent. Akbar, The Great Mogul 1542 - 1605. Oxford University Press. 1918.Abū, -F. M., Blochmann, H., Jarrett, H. S., & Sarkar, J. (1927). The A'in-i Akbari by Abu'l-Fazl 'Allami: Translated into English by H. Blochmann. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal.Jauhar. (2013). In C. Stewart (Trans.), The Tezkereh al Vakiat; or, Private Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayun.Cambridge University Press.Richard M Eaton. India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yyN4nKOl38Real-life history,  a historical biography of Akbar, the 3rd Mughal emperor of the empire that rules most of India in the medieval times. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaxnkTaoshQndia's ancestors, the Aryans, remain a mystery and a topic of huge debate till now. The damn guys left so much unanswered, so yeah, obviously. But from the Rig Veda, we can sieve out some cool facts about our Aryans. And in this video @Historia Maxima - History Documentaries takes you through them. How many of these did you know already? ;)REFERENCES:India in the Vedic Age: A History of Aryan Expansion in India. Purushottam Lal Bhargava. 1956. The Upper India Publishing HouseThe Vedic Age. Volume 1. R C Majumdar (ed.). 1951. Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUY0pVth9EYour own internet history can be a grave you are digging for yourself because digital espionage by China, Russia, USA and basically everyone have reached a point where George Orwell warned us against. Internet war, or information war, has begun and you might be a soldier for the other side, helping them destroy you by uploading your information on social media. GDPR, or internet privacy laws, are not enough.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUrHmTU2MzYAkbar, the Great Mughal / Moghul, the third Mughal emperor. The Mughal empire was the biggest and the richest empire in the 16th and the 17th centuries in the world. This short documentary is a biography - a story of the life of Akbar. As the grandson of Babur and a descendant of Tamerlane and Genghis Khan, Akbar built one of the greatest empires in medieval Indian history. Although there are many legendary stories surrounding the life of Akbar - be it Jodha-Akbar or Akbar-Birbal, the actual historical facts about the true history of his life are different but no less interesting.BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historia...FURTHER READING:Smith, Vincent. Akbar, The Great Mogul 1542 - 1605. Oxford University Press. 1918.Abū, -F. M., Blochmann, H., Jarrett, H. S., & Sarkar, J. (1927). The A'in-i Akbari by Abu'l-Fazl 'Allami: Translated into English by H. Blochmann. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal.Jauhar. (2013). In C. Stewart (Trans.), The Tezkereh al Vakiat; or, Private Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayun.Cambridge University Press.Richard M Eaton. India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp4OPgQC-6oWho were the Aryans? Which one is true - the out-of-india theory or the Aryan migration theory? Where do Indians come from? A lot has been discussed, a lot about the Aryans, their Steppe pastoralist origins and culture, the origins of South Indian Dravids, the Indus Valley Civilization etc has been debated. Here is a DNA study conducted by 92 researchers for you. Of course, a lot is still unknown (and may remain unknown forever) but this video talks about what we do know.BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historia...REFERENCES:1. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorx...2. Articled referred to (and denounced) in the video: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnJwR85UGZ0&t=169sLife in ancient Egypt was more than just building pyramids. From beer to emmer wheat to wigs, this audio will tell you fun and weird facts about life in ancient Egypt, how ancient Egyptians lived their everyday life and what was the daily civilisation like. What they ate, their weird and charming customs and habits in life, medicine and food.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Youtube video referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHeG-0pn4Y0This is the real, the true history of who really built the Great Pyramids of Egypt .. and how did they build the pyramids? You might have heard theories that ancient aliens built the pyramids but the fact is, there is clear evidence to find out exactly how the Egyptian pyramids were really, actually built. All you need to do is study the history of ancient Egypt and patterns on the pyramids to understand exactly who built the pyramids and how they did it.References:Andrew Robinson. Oct 2017. "The Wonder of the Pyramids". Nature, Vol 550.Verner, M. 2007. The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments. Grove/Atlantic, Inc.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)

Video referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kRny_IumIoSir Isaac Newton is popularly known for the "falling of apple on his head" and gravity incident but the story of his life is way more interesting. In fact, the man himself, Isaac Newton, was more than a boring mathematician/physicist working long hours. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaximaSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historiamaxima)