A playlist of videos by TED-Ed where the various goods and bads of significant historical figures such as Genghis Khan, Vladimir Lenin and Napolean Bonaparte are weighed. Were they horrible leaders and tyrants, or did their rulings lead to a better life and a better world?
How can there be different historical narratives even though what actually happened in the past does not change?
For historical figures that exist in pre-modern history e.g. Cleopatra, how can we be sure that what we know about them are true? Can we ever be sure?