Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! Think about the Middle East. They’ve been controlled by Persia, Alexander the Great, the Romans, the Caliphates, the Ottoman Empire, and now the European mandate system. The last 60 years have been the first opportunity various …

Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! Today we’re going back to the 20th century and Decolonization, or as I like to call it, “Don’t Let the Door Hit You On The Way Out”.So remember about how WWII discredited the idea of empire? …

Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! Today, let’s look back through that same time period in Latin America. This is a region where the Cold War heavily influenced their politics and attempts at true independence. Latin America was a collection of Spanish …