The Pyramids
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The construction of the pyramids in Egypt (either Snefru, who built three pyramids during his lifetime, or his son Khufu who built the Great Pyramid). Anything related to Mesopotamia, like the rise of the Akkadian Empire or Babylon. I can’t recall any historical movie at all set in that location.
Epaminondas and the Theban hegemony. The conflict between Gaius Marius (Julius Caesar’s uncle) and Sulla. Mithridates. The Crisis of the 3rd Century in the Roman Century broke the empire into three states.
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in the 13th century (a coalition of Spanish kings led by Richard the Lionheart’s brother-in-law defeated the radical Almohads, which basically was the turning point of the Reconquista). The defense of Cartagena de Indias by admiral Blas de Lezo in the 18th century.
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