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Extra History Topic Suggestions are OPEN until 8/6!

Hello Historians, our next Extra History theme is VERSUS!

There's nothing in history like a good rivalry. Whether it's Athens vs. Sparta, Tesla vs. Edison, or Ernest Hemingway vs... uh... Everyone... some of the most interesting and entertaining stories in history deal with the clash of two opposing personalities or cultures.

This series, we're going to feature one of the great heavyweight bouts of world history. It could be two individuals fighting it out, or two political entities, but it should be a head-to-head duel. A knock-down-drag-out-no-holds-barred historical cage match.

Does it need to involve fighting? Certainly not. It could be a scientific or artistic rivalry, all we need are two participants and the drama of their struggle.

You can enter YOUR suggestions for the topic HERE in this form.

Some notes about suggestions:

We can't wait to read all your suggested topics!

Extra History Topic Suggestions are OPEN until 8/6! Extra History Topic Suggestions are OPEN until 8/6!

Comments

I only just now found this post😣

Eric Southard

The franklin expedition https://youtu.be/PUsZ0blU3qE?si=RDkoabZsbP0WKazA

Eric Southard

I love it, both as a silly historical event and a jumping off point to discuss scientific ethics and indigenous rights. A lot of the Bone Wars was contemporary and interconnected with the Sitting Bull series, but that link doesn't get brought up enough

Joshua Evans-Lowell

I suggested the bones wars as series, I think it would be great.

Harp Man

the Russo-Japanese War was where a small Asian power defeated a far larger European style army. In no part thanks to the ill fated Russian fleet that sailed around the world. Nearly caused Britain to enter the war but didn't because they had no gunnery experience. And was basically a joke over all.

Jacob White

Paleontologists still debate dinosaurs being exothermic (baryonyx) or endothermic (stegasaurus)

Jacob White

El Cid is a huge part of it

Jacob White

I'm torn between my beloved English Revolution (Charles vs. Parliament) and the Bone Wars (Cope vs. Marsh). After a lot of thought I'm submitting the English Revolution but I think Cope vs. Marsh would make a really good one-off episode.

Joshua Evans-Lowell

They did literally use Athens v Sparta as one of the examples, so I can't see why not :)

themunck

I would Love to see a series on the Reconquista. As it was as much a duel between religions as it was a duel between nations and continents!

Vivian Griffith

Hey extra history can we do country rivalries as well: like Greece and Persia or Rome and Persia?

Beau Carey

Just submitted. Stalin and Trotsky's struggle for power in the early USSR would be super cool to see!

Cory

Just submitted. I think the Investiture Controvery (with a focus on Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII) has huge potential

Ben

I'd love to see a video about the rivalry between Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst and their descent into yellow journalism.

RedWizzrobe

Jefferson vs Adams? The rivalry that shaped the USA?

Rossum

I just filled and suggested the Ijaw-Itsekiri rivalry

Chidumebi Njoku-Browne

Karl Marx vs Mikhail Bakunin. The father of Marxist socialism vs vs the father of Anarchist socialism. Their rivalry, both over politics and personality, would define both the founding of the First International Working Men's Association, it's downfall, and the soul of Left-wing politics in over a century to come. Their falling out was the source of Bismarck's quote that "Crowned heads, wealth and privilege may well tremble should ever again the Black and Red unite!".

themunck

Would the Russian Japanese war count?

Alex Beaton

An aspect I want to see is a debate. The one I'm suggesting is Hegal vs Schopenhauer, but another one I would like is Adam Smith vs Karl Mark (Even though the ladder never met unlike the former)

Peanut Tree5000


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