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Duane W. Roller is Professor Emeritus of Classics at The Ohio State University and the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World, Cleopatra: A Biography, Cleopatra's Daughter...

Watch a short biography of French explorer Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635 CE) who established the city of Quebec in the northern colony of New France.

CC: Cultures are often revealed through the stories they hand down through generations. Every civilization has foundational ones. Among the stories many cultures tell, we find tales of a great flood, but the story of Noah’s flood captured...

Gall (Phizi, l. c. 1840-1894) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux war chief best known for his participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. He was a close associate of Red Cloud (l. 1822-1909), Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890), and...

Rain-in-the-Face (Ite Omagazu, l. c. 1835-1905) was a Lakota Sioux warrior and war chief during Red Cloud's War (1866-1868) and at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), after which he became famous as the man who killed Lt. Col. George...

Eastman's biography of Red Cloud (l. 1822-1909) is the first narrative of his Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains (1916), and it sets the tone for those that follow, including the pieces on Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, in explaining the motivation...

A biography of Richard I of England, aka Richard the Lionheart, r. 1189-1199 CE.

In episode 25 of 5 Minute Biographies, we take a brief look at the life of a man whose rose from nothing to become Archbishop of Canterbury, only to be killed by a King who couldn't get what he wanted - Thomas Becket.Want to know more? Check...

Edward Longshanks Documentary. Biographical Documentary on the life of Edward I King of England. A documentary on the life of Edward the Longshanks Hammer of the Scots from his childhood, to him helping his father Henry III to defeat Simon...

Zoroaster Zoroaster, thought to be of Persian origin, founded the religion and philosophy of Zoroastrianism. http://www.cloudbiography.com See a related article at Britannica.com: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/658060/Zoroaster...