Suibhne

Roman Mythology. The less famous of the Classical Mythologies that managed to have a huge influence on society and culture for the past two millennia.

Find out how the Italian peninsula was perfectly positioned at the heart of the Mediterranean to both dominate trade, and then rise to defeat its rivals, becoming the most powerful empire Europe, and perhaps the world has ever known.

The final chapter in Poland's story. Part of the Eastern Bloc, Poland was in the Soviet sphere of influence throughout the Cold War. Find out how they overcame the challenges and became the nation we see today.

Throughout the Middle Ages, the land became a battleground for more powerful empires. The 19th Century Italian revolution would see the peninsula swept up in the waves of Nationalism that was taking the continent by storm.

The Yellow River Civilisation is one of the oldest river valley civilizations in the world. Discover the folklore behind the rise of the Imperial Chinese Dynasties and how the Han people came to dominate the region of East Asia.

The Chinese Dynasty would forever fear foreigners after driving out the Mongols, which would lead to political and economic self-imposed isolation, while Europeans were pioneering deep water navigation, and exploring the world.

Denmark. Once the center of the Viking world. From their homeland stretching from Scania to Jutland, and the Kattegat Strait in between, they became rulers of the Baltic sea.

Germania Magna was wild and barbaric. With no paved roads or large cities, the Romans would never have guessed this untamed land was the home of the tribes that would one day lead to her downfall.

Venice and Genoa were the two most powerful of the Italian Maritime Republics or Repubbliche Marinare. But why?

Brazil is a complex nation. As a Portuguese colony, it served as a base for plantation owners selling cash crops by slave labor, before being propelled to vast importance as the home of the Portuguese royal family.