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Top 500 most popular History series that started in the 2000s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Regency House Party

★ 7.3
179 8 2004–present
Documentary · History · Reality-TV

Kursun Yarasi

★ 6.0
176 16 2003–2005
Adventure · History

MysteryQuest

★ 6.5
175 14 2009–present
Documentary · History · Mystery

In Europe

★ 8.5
175 55 2007–2020
Documentary · History · War

The Color of War

★ 8.2
174 20 2001–2002
History · War

Shinsengumi!

★ 7.9
172 49 2004–2004
Drama · History · War

Imagine

★ 7.6
171 227 2003–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Palace of Desire

★ 7.8
170 2000–present
Drama · History

Die Wölfe

★ 7.4
169 3 2009–present
Drama · History

Uutishuone

★ 7.6
168 12 2009–2009
Drama · History

Slavery and the Making of America

★ 7.8
167 4 2005–2005
History

Amazing Detective Di Renjie

★ 8.0
165 118 2004–present
Crime · Drama · History

The Queen

★ 7.3
165 5 2009–2009
Drama · History

Churchill

★ 8.2
164 3 2003–2004
Biography · Documentary · History

Prehistoric Predators

★ 7.1
163 9 2007–2009
Animation · Documentary · History

Emily of New Moon

★ 7.5
163 26 2007–2007
Animation · Drama · History

Inside the Medieval Mind

★ 7.8
163 4 2008–present
Documentary · History

De Gaulle

★ 7.3
160 2 2006–present
Biography · History

Commanders at War

★ 8.0
159 6 2009–present
Documentary · History · War

The Last Days of World War II

★ 7.9
157 26 2005–present
Documentary · History · War

Battle of the Atlantic

★ 8.0
156 3 2002–2003
Documentary · History · War

Al-Zahir Bibars

★ 7.9
154 30 2005–2005
History

Europe: A Natural History

★ 7.7
154 4 2005–2005
Documentary · History

Founding Fathers

★ 7.5
152 4 2000–2000
Documentary · History
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