Before World War 1, six great empires ruled over most of Europe and most of the world. After World War 1, 2 of those empires were badly weakened, two had revolutions that replaced lines of rulers older than the United States, and two were completely shattered, never to rise again. Think of the great buzz-words that spurr politics and action today. Nationalism, Fascism, Communism, Genocide, Neutrality, even the slogan "America First", are a century old. They come from these chaotic 20 years between World Wars One and Two. Political intrigue, war, and more, await in this story-lecture style course. And by learning from the stories the past tells us, we might just make a better future.

Ancient Greece is awesome. Everyone knows it. Yet most people only know about Ancient Greece through movies like 300 and Disney's Hercules, or the (surprisingly accurate) Percy Jackson books. Fewer people know about the reasons it's actually awesome. That's what this course is try going to cover. This class is going to be a lecture style story on the actual history of Ancient Greece, from the civilization's birth from the ashes of fallen kingdoms, to the founding of Democracy and Fascism. From Athens, Sparta, and others uniting to fight the largest empire the world had ever seen to collapsing into war among themselves.

In 1914, Six Empires dominated Europe and much of the world. By 1919, two remained weakened, two broken, and two utterly shattered. In this story-telling, lecture style course, we will learn cover the result of this cataclysm, issues ranging from nationalism, of far-left and far-right movements conquering entire countries, the great depression, and why, in hindsight, the allies ever appeased Hitler.

The Crusades are one of the most baffling, bizarre, and counter-intuitive events to ever happen in the history of Humanity. One thousand years ago, tens of thousands of Christians in Europe decide to walk three thousand miles through unfamiliar and hostile territory just to claim a city half-way across the known word. Why did they do this? How did they do this? Did they succeed? Three classes will tell an episodic story of the crusades, lecture style, and attempt to answer these questions which still baffle historians to this day.

This lecture-based course will be on the legendary David vs Goliath conflict between a coalition of Greek City-States lead by Athens and Sparta against Persia, the largest empire the world had ever seen.

This lecture-based class will cover the great war between the city-states of Athens and Sparta. Essentially the Greek World Wars, this Peloponnesian War lasts over 30 years and has lasting impact on the future of Greece. In this conflict, both Athens and Sparta control half of Greece, and the winner has the opportunity to become the first ruler over a united Greece.

This course is a lecture covering the famous Second Carthaginian War (and a quick summary of the first), the famous conflict between Rome and the Carthaginians.

This lecture-based class will cover the Romans (fresh after fighting Carthage) clashing in the East with the successors of Alexander the Great. The West collides with the East in a series of wars that will shape the Greek world for centuries to come. The winner of this will become the undisputed ruler over the entire Mediterranean, from Portugal to Palestine.

This is a lecture based course Every lecture will be one chapter in the epic story that is Greek History. The six lectures: 1. Mythical Greece, the Bronze Age Collapse and the re-birth of Greece. 2. Origins of Ancient Sparta and Athens 3. The Persian Wars 4. Sparta vs. Athens: The Peloponnesian War 5. The Hegemony Wars 6. Rise and fall of Alexander and 150 more years of war.