The Almost Forgotten

Zhang Qian was sent by the Han Chinese emperor to enlist the help of a distant nation in war against a common enemy. Zhang was unable to form an alliance. Instead, he formed the relationships that led directly to the silk road, connecting China and the west.

Ptolemy and Seleucus continue to battle with their neighboring Hellenistic kingdoms. Their empires and Macedon continue on for more than a century, before decline and eventual destruction at the hands of the Romans

Antigonus rules all of Asia, but chasing out Seleucus gives Ptolemy and the others an opportunity to check his power

After the death of Perdiccas, Antigonus chases Eumenes halfway across the empire. In Europe, a fight begins over Antipater's position after his death

Perdiccas uses his role as regent to the Macedonian kings to try to consolidate power. But the other Diadochi - Ptolemy in Egypt, Antipater in Europe, and Antigonus in Anatolia - have plans of their own

Alexander the Great's successors deal with the death of the young king and the fracturing of his massive empire

A brief overview of the next few episodes and why'll they'll be different, but the same, as last season

John III Sobieski was a Polish general who became king, stopped the last great Ottoman push into Central Europe, and saved his country numerous times

Hayreddin started out as a corsair before ruling over the western Mediterranean for the Ottomans and eventually founded their navy

The last prince of a once-mighty empire, who fled his city and founded a powerful maritime, trade-based kingdom

Dandolo became Doge of Venice when it was a city-state with a few dependencies. By the time he died, Venice was an empire

Otto helped unite East Francia and established the Holy Roman Empire into basically the country it was for 1,000 years

Sui Wen-di was able to take over the Northern Zhou and continue its expansion until he had united China, ushering in 6 centuries of unity and prosperity

Zenobia was a Syrian queen who helped defend Rome against Persia, then declared her own kingdom and fought against Rome

Mithridates was King of Pontus, and built an empire to rival Rome on his way to a showdown with the late Republic

Chandragupta Maurya founded India's biggest empire for 2000 years, and was grandfather of Ashoka the Great

Marcus Furius Camillus brought Rome back from the brink of extinction and helped set it on its path to glory