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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 Last Bey of the Balkans

★ 7.6
107 4 2005–present
Drama · History

Dur Yolcu

★ 3.7
107 13 2008–2008
Drama · History · War

Queen Victoria's Empire

★ 7.7
107 4 2001–present
Biography · Documentary · History

The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century

★ 7.6
105 14 2006–present
Documentary · History · War

Ghengis Khan

★ 8.5
105 30 2004–present
Biography · Drama · History

Desantura

★ 6.0
104 8 2009–2009
Action · History · War

Monsters We Met

★ 7.5
104 3 2003–2003
Adventure · Documentary · History

Judge of Song Dynasty

★ 8.0
103 93 2005–present
Drama · History · Mystery

Royal Tramp

★ 6.5
103 50 2008–2009
Action · Adventure · History

Inside the Mafia

★ 7.7
102 4 2005–present
Crime · Documentary · History

The Duke of Mount Deer

★ 7.8
102 40 2000–2000
Comedy · Drama · History

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

★ 7.3
100 1 2001–2001
Documentary · History

Ghost Slayers Ayashi

★ 6.3
99 29 2006–2007
Animation · Fantasy · History

Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter

★ 7.1
98 3 2007–2007
Animation · Drama · History

Serrallonga

★ 6.9
96 2 2008–2008
Adventure · History

Hadashi no Gen

★ 7.3
95 2 2007–present
Biography · Drama · History

Get Up, Stand Up

★ 8.4
95 6 2003–2003
Documentary · History · Music

Bayazet

★ 7.3
93 12 2003–2003
Drama · History · War

Young Person's Guide to History

★ 7.1
92 2 2008–2008
Comedy · History

Blood of the Vikings

★ 7.3
92 5 2001–present
Documentary · History

The Iron Empress

★ 7.3
92 78 2009–2009
Biography · Drama · History

Very Bad Men

★ 7.1
91 40 2006–2014
Documentary · History · Mystery

War Stories with Oliver North

★ 6.9
90 99 2001–present
Documentary · History · War

Conquest

★ 8.4
90 12 2002–present
Action · Documentary · History
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