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What if it never happened? A look at a turning point in history that shaped the word of today. In this episode: what if, in the fourth century BC, Alexander the Great, already at the head of "the whole of the known world," took a break before trying to conquer India?

Alexander Before He Was Great

Alexander the Great and the fateful turn his life - and our world - could have taken

Turning Points

History is a series of crucial turning points that shaped everything that came after. When the young Charles Darwin came to board the Beagle, the captain wanted to prevent him because he feared it would be bad luck. What if he had won the argument?

When the young Charles Darwin came to board the Beagle, the captain wanted to prevent it

Turning Points: The Evolution of Darwin

1865, in Tennessee: former Confederate officers found the Ku Klux Klan. Fast forward to 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. And 1963: Martin Luther King delivers his famous speech. These three events permanently altered the course of American history. 

Dreaming of Freedom

The modern day black civil rights movement can be traced back to three key events: the fpunding of the KKK, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King's speech

Turning Points: Martin Luther King

A dive into key moments in history through the lens of what seemed to be minor events but that ended up changing everything. In 497 BC, Confucius, Minister of Justice of Lu province, abandoned his job and embarked on a 14-year-long odyssey that would shape China for centuries to come.

How Confucius changed the world when he quit his job

Turning Points: Confucius and China

April 1939, Germany secretly launched the Uranium project. On August 2 of the same year, renowned physicist Albert Einstein signed a letter to the President of the United States to warn him of the possible development of a devastating new type of Nazi bomb.

During World War Two, the Nazis also tried to develop nuclear weapons

Turning Points: Einstein and the Manhattan Project

This fearless scientist and explorer has laid down a basis for modern oceanography. A passionate portrait of a great man of science and adventure.

A passionate portrait of a great man of science and adventure.

Polar adventure - Jean-Baptiste Charcot

The Lost Ones are stories of people who were born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Their individual fates give insight into big, dramatic events in world history.

The Lost Ones are stories of people who were born in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Turning Points

Alexander Before He Was Great

Turning Points: The Evolution of Darwin

Turning Points: Martin Luther King

Dreaming of Freedom

Turning Points: Confucius and China

Turning Points: Einstein and the Manhattan Project

Polar adventure - Jean-Baptiste Charcot

The Lost Ones

HistoryFamous historical figures

All videos

Turning Points

Alexander Before He Was Great

Turning Points: The Evolution of Darwin

Turning Points: Martin Luther King

Dreaming of Freedom

Turning Points: Confucius and China

Turning Points: Einstein and the Manhattan Project

Polar adventure - Jean-Baptiste Charcot

The Lost Ones

History
Famous historical figures