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May 11, 2024 · PBS Online is proud to present the companion Web site for the PBS television special "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires." On television and the Internet, you can learn in vivid detail how youthful amateurs, hippies and self-proclaimed "nerds" accidentally changed the world.
1 day ago · Summary. Themistocles proves himself a great leader in 300: Rise of an Empire, drawing inspiration from historical events like the Battle of Salamis. Despite being evenly matched, Themistocles ultimately gains the upper hand in his final battle against Artemisia, killing her in self-defense. With Queen Gorgo's help, Themistocles leads the Greek ...
May 23, 2024 · After twenty years, I re-watched the documentary series “Triumph of the Nerds“ and I must admit that it was nice to go back to that era. I myself was a participant of the computer movement that happened in the eighties of the last century, and even though I lived in a closed country (Yugoslavia), there were always ways to get hold of new technological devices that appeared in the West or ...
5 days ago · The (red) and (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of the Mongol Empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars. Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and mode of measurement.
6 days ago · Prog nerds were always part of the metal scene even if they didn't invent it.
May 24, 2024 · No Title. Retry. Murdered in cold blood, Emperor Levnod of Strass is reincarnated as a slave named Ray in the enemy empire of Fasher! To make matters worse, he's caught the eye of the emperor, Jiskar, and gets dragged off to the palace as his concubine.
May 25, 2024 · May 25, 2024. The Mongol Empire, which at its peak covered an astonishing 24 million square kilometers (9.27 million square miles), remains one of the most fascinating and influential empires in world history. Its meteoric rise under the leadership of Genghis Khan and his successors, followed by its gradual decline and fragmentation ...
