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Looks like in the spring of 2019 we'll be getting 2 mini-series (2-3 ep each) of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba and The Siege of Vienna, followed by a Lies episode. 

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba: Diplomat, Warrior, Queen

In 1622, Nzinga walked into the peace conference and found that the Portuguese hadn't provided her with a chair. Unfazed, she ordered one of her servants to get down on all fours and sat on his back instead. The shocked Portuguese never regained the initiative, and she walked away with a recognition of her country's independence. And it wouldn't be the last time. Taking over after her brother's suicide, Nzinga would resist Portugal's slave-trading empire in both war and peace for the next forty years—forging alliances, displaying military acumen, and creating a refuge for those escaping the slave trade.

The Siege of Vienna: Ending Ottoman Expansion

1689. Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha arrives outside Vienna with 140,000 troops. Inside, the military governor has less than 20,000 men...and two months before help arrives. As the relief force approaches, attackers and defenders will fight a war underground, digging intercepting tunnels to try and detonate—or disarm—explosives beneath Vienna's walls. And when the relief finally comes, the battle will be on an epic scale: the largest cavalry charge in history, an end of Ottoman expansion, and maybe, (just maybe) the invention of the croissant.