The black scourge ravaged Europe, and the great cities were destroyed.

Survivors flooded north where Viking longboats varied them to the new world.

As the trail of refugees grew, so too did the ships, and soon, massive, multi-decked Viking galleys,

trolled the wind, dark seas, building medieval

cities along every coast.

I'm Jordan Harbor.

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Hello, History, friend.

You're about to listen to the latest episode of When Diplomacy Fails,

which is, of course, very exciting.

We're looking at the

30 years war. But speaking of 30, something you should be aware of recently, in other words,

the weekend before this episode came out, I celebrated my 30th birthday. It is kind of wild to think

that I lived for the same amount of time as this conflict I've been looking at for so long, but there you go.

When I started when diplomacy fails, I was 20 years old and I was in the second semester of my Bachelor of Arts in University College Dublin.

Nearly 10 years later, at 30 years old, halfway through a PhD in Trinity College, Dublin.

It's really incredible to see how things have changed and how far I've come along.

A decade of Zach Twomley. Now, that is something that even the bravest of podcasters wouldn't be willing to cover.

But you're not here for me. You're here for the 30 years war and I'm so excited to bring it to you.

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