We are doing our monthly Q&A video livestream with some of the Extra Credits crew (today it's Matt, Rob, and Ali on board) on Sunday, May 26 starting at 5pm Pacific time (GMT - 8).
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2019-05-23 23:05:39 +0000 UTC View Post
These cards are created by series artist Ali R. Thome!
2019-05-20 20:20:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Three kings ruled in China. Three kings, each dreaming of ruling all under heaven. Three kings who rallied their armies for battle. The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide.&n...
2019-05-16 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Researchers are beginning to learn that the makeup of the Union and Confederate armies in the US Civil War was a lot more nuanced and diverse than we had previously known. Here is an episode on the...
2019-05-09 22:25:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu--these were the men who would define the Three Kingdoms period. Even though the actual history of this period is often conflated with the events of the historical novel,...
2019-05-09 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Queen Nzinga is a woman who, despite being one of the best- documented rulers in early modern Africa, still presents a puzzle. Her record, from ambitious noble, to guerrilla fighter, to consummate ...
2019-05-02 23:56:41 +0000 UTC View Post906QHEFPB0VB for 15% off at https://store.dftba.com/collections/extracredits
2019-05-01 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome Cassandra Khaw, who guest-wrote this mini-series! (We will be doing a combined Lies episode on this and Siege of Vienna in a few weeks)
Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo and Matamba...
2019-04-25 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We are doing our monthly Q&A video livestream with some of the Extra Credits crew on Sunday, April 28 starting at 5pm Pacific time (GMT - 7).
It will be 1-2 hours long depending on ...
2019-04-24 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The Battle of Vienna would mark the turning point in Ottoman expansion into Europe, paving the way for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
2019-04-18 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostA few of us from Extra Credits were in Boston a few weeks back for PAX East. Boston's certainly not a city that lacks for history. Big glass skyscrapers stand right next to preserved state building...
2019-04-12 03:07:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Vienna had received an offer from Kara Mustafa—surrender and live in peace as Muslims or Christians, or resist and condemn yourself to death and slavery. The city’s commander, Starhemberg, chos...
2019-04-12 02:15:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Check out some of Ali R. Thome's art for episodes #2 and #3 of the Siege of Vienna!
2019-04-08 21:27:58 +0000 UTC
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Over a hundred thousand Ottoman troops are heading for the city. Only 15,000 men defend the walls. They have only six days to prepare the city. How long can they hold?
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We wanted to provide some comments from Rob regarding a few questions that he was not able to answer directly himself on the Q&A due to timing issues (*cough* baby *cough*), so here they are! Y...
2019-03-29 20:46:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzuygbp6toA
Say hi to Rob'...
2019-03-29 03:51:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Please note that the usual day (Sunday) is different this time, to accommodate GDC and PAX East travel schedules of the EC crew. We are doing our monthly Q&A video livestream with some...
2019-03-22 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Later this year we'll be getting a series on The Inca: An Empire Out of Thin Air!
At the height of Inca power, they ruled the largest pre-Columbian... 2019-03-22 08:41:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Boston, 1770.
A frigid winter night. A British sentry strikes a local citizen. Civilians begins to gather. Reinforcements arrive to back up the young sentry. Insults and snowballs escal...
2019-03-21 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Artist Ali R. Thome wanted to share some of her favorite screencaps from this episode she did! Boston Massacre will air on Saturday this week, with Irish Potato Famine "Lies" coming next weekend. E...
2019-03-17 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhat series would you like us to air on Extra History? Cast your vote(s) below and let us know! This series is expected to air later in 2019.
Friendly reminder: You can vote for as ma...
2019-03-15 22:33:45 +0000 UTC View Post
We are pleased to announce a special 6-episode series of "Extra History of England"!...
2019-03-15 22:32:22 +0000 UTC View Post
By the time that the first healthy harvest arrived in 1849, a million people had died due to prejudiced men writing bad policy—a stark warning of what happens when poor relief becomes a too...
2019-03-15 04:34:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Irish immigration soared in the wake of the potato blight. Despite the promise of a better life, the Irish faced a lot of financial hardships, xenophobia, and classism--even from their own communit...
2019-03-07 23:47:17 +0000 UTC View Post
