You know who thought that Ramesses II was Egypt's greatest pharaoh? Ramesses II. You get to decide for yourself!

Let's catch up on our friends the Egyptians, in between the death Thutmose III and the rise of our next great, Ramesses II.

Part two of our episode of Thutmose III. I'm not going to lie; I am really starting to like this guy.

Let's meet Thutmose III, either the first, or something like the hundredth pharaoh of the mighty Egyptian civilization.

We meet our first "great" of the series, Sargon of Akkad, whom history records as the first person to rule an Empire. In a related note, "Lugalzaggisi," is not an easy name to pronounce.

Alexander the Great. Pompey the Great. Catharine the Great. For nearly all of recorded human history, people have been called “great.” But what does it mean to be great? To be called “great?”

In this introduction, we set up the series and frame out its exploration of these people, and what they did - or didn't do - to be called "great."