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Echoes of History
Echoes of History
History Hit & Assassin's Creed

Dive into the real-life history that inspires the locations, characters, and storylines of the legendary world of Assassin’s Creed. ‘Echoes of History’, a... more

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Episodes

The Reign of Terror: Beyond Paris and Robespierre

Assassin’s Creed Unity puts players right into the Parisian streets where the bloody events of the Reign of Terror occurred,... more

10 Feb 2025 · 54 minutes
Maximilien Robespierre: A Moral Terror

Assassin’s Creed Unity allows us to confront one of the most controversial men in history: Maximillien Robespierre. What made him... more

03 Feb 2025 · 49 minutes
Notre Dame: Surviving the Fire of History

Notre Dame is arguably the world’s most famous cathedral and has watched over the Parisian skyline since its construction in... more

27 Jan 2025 · 46 minutes
Suleiman the Magnificent

Assassin’s Creed Revelations lets us meet a young Suleiman before he became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and long before... more

20 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Topkapi Palace: The Heart of the Ottoman Empire

Associate Professor Nilay Özlü from Istanbul Technical University joins Matt Lewis to help him understand the Ottoman's most significant mark... more

13 Jan 2025 · 52 minutes
Hagia Sophia: Where Worlds Collide

The Hagia Sophia is a landmark that has stood for 1500 years, and that players can clamber all over in... more

06 Jan 2025 · 42 minutes
The Fall of Constantinople

Assassin's Creed Revelations transports us to Constantinople, only a couple of generations after its conquest by the Ottoman Empire. It... more

30 Dec 2024 · 45 minutes
Vikings in Medieval Baghdad

In the ninth century, the Vikings earned a fearsome reputation along the coasts of western Europe. But they also travelled... more

23 Dec 2024 · 41 minutes
The Mongol Invasions of Ming China

In Assassin's Creed Chronicles China, players foil a plot by Altan Khan to invade Ming China with his Mongol army.... more

16 Dec 2024 · 45 minutes
The Eight Tigers: Imperial Eunuchs

The infamous eunuchs of the Ming imperial court are the primary villains of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles China. The Eight Tigers... more

09 Dec 2024 · 47 minutes
Echoes of History
The Reign of Terror: Beyond Paris and Robespierre
Echoes of History