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Why did the West dominate all rivals on Earth? How did a group of states that were nearly wiped out in the late Middle Ages by enemies to the south and east grow to conquer the globe by the 16th century? To answer that question, we need to go back to its beginning and see what ma ... Show More

When European settlers arrived in North America, they enjoyed a level of meat consumption that was absolutely unimaginable in the Old World. An average European was lucky to see meat once a week while even a poor American consumed about two hundred pounds a year. Ten years after ... Show More

In America’s first hundred years, the animal you were most likely to see was a passenger pigeon. And you saw a lot of them. Flocks were so numerous they literally blotted out the sun for days and their combined weight snapped the branches of entire forests where they roosted. Yet ... Show More

"When dragons flew to war… everything burned. I do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone." Dragons - the most compelling of mythical beasts - are one of the most vivid creations of all human imagination, and their enduring resonance is captivatingly displayed by their r ... Show More

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<p>Take dinosaur bones, snake poison, volcanic lava, fear of the unknown. Mix it all together and you have a dragon!</p><br><p>Today we're finding out about the ancient origins of dragons and why there used to be a much wider variety of dragon types than we see today. Our guide i ... Show More

Before “Lord of the Rings” and “Game of Thrones,” dragons stalked the pages of mythology across the world. The European version became a powerful metaphor for the evils that supposedly stalked mankind. And that's where we get the most iconic European Dragon Story, featuring a man ... Show More

<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour !</p><p>Dans cette mini-série, nous explorons tous ces dragons qui, dans les mythologies grecque, japonaise, babylonienne et scandinave, crachaient du sang noir, du venin, de l’eau ou des vapeurs fétides. Eh oui, le dragon était parfois une ... Show More

<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour !</p><p>Dans cette mini-série, nous explorons tous ces dragons qui, dans les mythologies grecque, japonaise, babylonienne et scandinave, crachaient du sang noir, du venin, de l’eau ou des vapeurs fétides. Eh oui, le dragon était parfois une ... Show More

<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour !</p><p>Dans cette mini-série, nous explorons tous ces dragons qui, dans les mythologies grecque, japonaise, babylonienne et scandinave, crachaient du sang noir, du venin, de l’eau ou des vapeurs fétides. Eh oui, le dragon était parfois une ... Show More

<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! </p><p>Dans cette mini-série, nous explorons tous ces dragons qui, dans les mythologies grecque, japonaise, babylonienne et scandinave, crachaient du sang noir, du venin, de l’eau ou des vapeurs fétides. Eh oui, le dragon était parfois un ... Show More