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In 1971, the Shah of Iran, the self-proclaimed 'king of kings', celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. Money was no object - a lavish tent city, using 37km of silk, was erected in a specially created oasi...

The Enigma machine could've provided the edge that Nazi Germany needed to win the Second World War, instead, it became a vital tool for the Allies. Polish cr...

Alexandria, a royal Greek city in the land of the Pharaohs. Along the sandy banks of the Nile delta on the African Mediterranean coast, the most powerful metropolis of its time rose from virtually nothing. The Hellenistic culture mingled with the legacy o...

Combing through the Amazon wilderness, archeologists made an amazing discovery: artifacts of ancient seafaring people from the Iberian Peninsula. They may have fled the carnage of the Roman Empire's war on Carthage, called by some historians the Roman hol...

Rome would never have made it into the history books without the backing of its huge military apparatus. The life and the incredible luxury the ancient city of over a million inhabitants enjoyed was only made possible through the exploitation of its colon...

Brunei may be one of the richest nations in the world, but financial problems have beset even their royal house. The sultan has recently made moves towards s...

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Communist China's war with Taiwan goes all the way back to WW2. While the Axis and Allies struggled for dominance in the Pacific theatre, China's Chiang Kai-Shek and his US backed state police fought a bloody secret war with Mao Tse-Tung's Communist China...

In this first episode, Tristan Hughes tracks the history of the Ninth Legion across the British Isles. From its arrival in Britain during the Claudian Invasion to a dice with death in the Scottish midlands and the last time it is mentioned in history. Fea...

Anthony Bourdain visits the coastal city of San Sebastian in the Basque Country, famous for its spectacular views and incomparable fresh seafood.

Michelin star chef Éric Ripert is introduced to China and Sichuan province by good friend Bourdain who intentionally tortures him with mouth-numbing, sinisterly spicy meals such as Hot pots, green peppercorn fish...etc. and tests his endurance and adaptab...

Bourdain explores Japan with Michelin star chef Masa Takayama for a homecoming of sorts, especially Ishikawa Prefecture and Tochigi Prefecture. They indulge in both seafood and mainland produce done in numerous ways with simplicity and reflection of Japan...

New weapons, state-of-the-art equipment and first-class instruction - the Russian Army is literally rolling out innovative guns to compete in the global military elite. In 2008, the Kremlin launched a program to completely renovate Russia's military stren...