Video analyses from Nightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark
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15:46When Death Was a ReliefNightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark · 2026-08-28Bamberg’s witch trials executed over 600 people as torture, profit, and religious panic consumed the city.
15:54This Queen Used Visions to Defeat an Entire ArmyNightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark · 2026-06-03Dihya defeats Hassan in 697, then falls after scorched-earth tactics and betrayal reshapes the Maghreb.
16:04The Ninjas Didn't ExistNightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark · 2026-05-13Real Iga shinobi became Tokugawa spies, while movies invented black outfits, throwing stars, and ninja swords.
16:58How the Last Queen of Egypt Lost EVERYTHINGNightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark · 2026-04-23Cleopatra outmaneuvers Ptolemy, Caesar, and Antony before Octavian defeats her at Actium in 31 BCE.
16:17The Crazy Story of the Opium WarsNightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark · 2026-03-31Britain’s tea deficit fueled opium smuggling, triggering the 1840 Opium War and China’s humiliating Treaty of Nanjing.
15:20Whale Hunting Was Absolutely CrazyNightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark · 2026-01-30Whaling turned whale oil into industrial wealth before petroleum and conservation nearly erased blue whales.
19:28The Most Powerful Pirate In HistoryNightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark · 2026-01-16Zheng Yi Sao built a 70,000-pirate floating state before securing Qing amnesty in 1810.