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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 11th December 2023 from 2023-12-11T02:00
UNLIKELY VICTORIES (2) - In this edition of the magazine we look back at some of history's victories in battle against the odds. Clontarf (1014), Legnano (1176), Rio Salado (1340) and Aginco...
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Vol 4 Ep 63 - Three Kingdoms of Korea from 2023-12-04T03:00
8000 BCE - 668 CE - Before Korea was unified by the Kingdom of Silla in the seventh century, a number of polities vied for position both in and north of the Korean peninsula, overseen closely by...
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 27th November 2023 from 2023-11-27T03:00
UNLIKELY VICTORIES (1) - In this edition of the magazine we look back at some of history's victories in battle against the odds. Salamis (480BCE), Zela (47BCE) and Edington (878)
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Vol 4 Ep 62 - The Ashikaga Shogunate from 2023-11-20T03:00
1333 - 1573 - We march forward in our Japanese story from the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate as we recognise the rise of a new shogunate which would see challenges to its authority consisten...
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 16th November 2023 from 2023-11-16T03:00
This week's journey back in time will take us to the iconic Crusader Battle of Arsuf, the apogees of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Roman Empire and to the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge....
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 2nd November 2023 from 2023-11-02T03:00
This podcast episode of the magazine takes a closer look at Ötzi the Iceman, the Roman Emperor Vaspasian, the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in the United States and the Ayyubid Sultan, Sala...
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Vol 4 Ep 61 - Kamakura Japan from 2023-10-16T02:00:01
1185 - 1333 - The Kamakura period of Japanese history saw a time when a military regime took control of the nation, and were subject to the first international invasion of the Japanese i...
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 10th October 2023 from 2023-10-09T20:49:16
Join us on this busy little tour of history where we will be visiting the pre-historic village of Çatalhöyük, the affluent times in the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Battle of Actium ...
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Vol 4 Ep 60 - BATTLE - The Battle of Dan-no-ura ( 1185 ) from 2023-09-26T02:00
1185 - Tension between the clans during the Heian period of Japanese history was reaching boiling point particularly after the Taira clan had expelled the Minamoto from the capital city of Heian...
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Vol 4 Ep 59 - Heian Japan from 2023-09-16T02:07
794 - 1180 - We are covering the period of Japan's history from the relocation of the capital city to Heian-kyō up to the outbreak of the Genpei War.
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Vol 4 Ep 58 - Ancient Japan from 2023-09-05T02:00
40000 BCE - 794 CE - We haven't studied Japan in too much detail until now, so it is necessary for us to introduce the story of the islands from the very beginning.
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 1st September 2023 from 2023-09-01T02:00
This week's magazine episode takes us back to pre-historic Europe when modern humans met the neanderthals, ancient Mesoamerica where we encounter the Olmecs, Classical Rome where we study th...
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Vol 4 Ep 57 - The Delhi Sultanate from 2023-08-21T02:00
1206 - 1526 - After the Ghurids crossed the Khyber Pass, Islam fast became a major religion of the Indian subcontinent, adding to the cultural diversity of these lands, but would this change be ...
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 16th August 2023 from 2023-08-16T02:00
In this week's episode we look back on the mysterious Mitochondrial Eve, the mysterious Xia dynasty of ancient China, and the not so mysterious Battle of Carrhae between the Roman Republic a...
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The Cholas (debrief) from 2023-08-08T02:00
Any opportunity for everybody to enjoy a debrief episode where we talk in further depth about the experience of making this episode and some of the sources used to get it done.
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Vol 4 Ep 56 - The Cholas from 2023-08-08T02:00
848 - 1070 - From humble beginnings in the far south, the Chola initially took advantage of territorial expansion before taking to the seas and establishing more power away from mainland India. ...
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SPECIAL - Historiography from 2023-07-30T02:00
This episode essentially talks about the history of history writing, and what history writing has meant for the wider world over the timelines of history itself.
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 25th July 2023 from 2023-07-25T02:00
In this week's magazine episode, we will be looking at what chimpanzees can teach us about how our ancestral species communicated with each other, we will be examining the artistry of the In...
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 18th July 2023 from 2023-07-18T02:00
In this week's magazine we look back at Europe as the Western Roman Empire fell, the Battle of Cannae when Hannibal's Carthaginians met the Romans in battle, the fantastic story of the T...
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 10th July 2023 from 2023-07-10T02:00
In this episode, we'll be looking back at the paleoanthropologist Eugene Dubois; the relationship between the Mycenaeans and the Minoans; the incredible journey of Hannibal across the Alps; ...
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SPECIAL - The History of Thailand from 2023-07-03T14:00
The complete journey from the beginnings of human occupation right through to the aftermath of the death of King Rama IX, and everything in between. We explore the reasons why Thailand h...
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 26th June 2023 from 2023-06-26T02:00:14
The History of the World podcast is five years old, so we go back and listen to an excerpt from the first ever episode, as well as looking at the modern evolution of writing, the enigmatic King ...
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SPECIAL - Easy Company from 2023-06-19T02:00:19
1942 - 1945 - Easy Company were such a closely knit unit of men, that they have been referred to as a "band of brothers", a phrase inspired by the writing of William Shakespeare. Follo...
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SPECIAL - Elizabethan Sea Dogs from 2023-06-12T02:00:29
1532 - 1624 - With the advent of transatlantic seafaring came the opportunity for Spain to become great. Queen Elizabeth I of England wanted to limit Spanish power and so she would grant her gre...
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The History of the World podcast Magazine - 5th June 2023 from 2023-06-05T02:00:17
Unscripted (52) - In this episode of the podcast, we look back at the day of the Battle of Hastings in England in 1066, the incredible geoglyphic creations of the Nazca cultures of Ancient Peru,...
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SPECIAL - The Pre-Columbian Mound Builders of North America from 2023-05-29T02:00:55
800 BCE - 1750 CE - This episode serves as a general overview of the archaeological cultures of North America and their connections to each other, as we learn more about the type of people who w...
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Unscripted (51) ( Retrospective special ) from 2023-05-08T02:00:24
Join us on this journey back in time to New Kingdom Egypt, Ptolemaic Egypt, Classical World China, and medieval Iceland.
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Vol 4 Ep 55 - SUMMARY - Medieval Europe, Part Two from 2023-04-24T02:00:06
1000 - 1453 - The modern countries of Europe were beginning to evolve and mature as they jostled for lands and superiority over one another. Underpinning the status of the new nations was the in...
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Vol 4 Ep 54 - SUMMARY - Medieval Europe, Part One from 2023-04-17T02:00:22
600 - 1085 - The modern nations of Europe begin to emerge as populations civilise, populate and Christianise. The Papacy becomes central to European politics.
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Vol 4 Ep 53 - BATTLE - The Battle of Kutná Hora ( 1421 ) from 2023-04-10T02:00:05
1421 - The execution of Jan Hus caused rebellion in the Kingdom of Bohemia, when early Protestants against the Catholic Church rallied to send a message to the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope. Th...
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Vol 4 Ep 52 - BATTLE - The Battle of Grunwald ( 1410 ) from 2023-04-03T02:00:26
1410 - The Christianisation of the states of north-east Europe left the Teutonic Order with no neighbouring nations to conduct military missions against. As the relatively new nations of Poland ...
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BONUS - The Ancient World Cup Final from 2023-03-27T02:00:53
A special preview of the Ancient World Cup Final between the Ancient Egyptians and The Romans
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Vol 4 Ep 51 - BATTLE - The Battle on the Ice ( 1242 ) from 2023-03-20T03:00:43
1242 - Paganism remained dominant in the north-east corner of Europe, but the race to convert the natives brought the Western Catholic Crusaders into conflict with the Eastern Orthodox Russians....
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Vol 4 Ep 50 - The Siege of Orléans and Joan of Arc from 2023-03-13T03:00:23
1415 - 1431 - The incredible story of how a young peasant girl managed to convince the French royal court to show a more aggressive attitude to the wars in France and how it was able to turn the...
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Unscripted (50) ( Retrospective special ) from 2023-03-06T03:00:44
Something completely new for the History of the World podcast. While we wait for the new episode, we revive some of the great stories that we have already told in years gone by. Plus...
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Vol 4 Ep 49 - BATTLE - The Battle of Agincourt ( 1415 ) from 2023-02-27T03:00:43
1415 - King Henry V of England was committed to targetting the French and launched an attack on France to reclaim lost lands and take the hand of the French king's daughter. Henry would ac...
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Vol 4 Ep 48 - BATTLE - The Battle of Crécy ( 1346 ) from 2023-02-20T03:00:42
1346 - All of the male descedants of King Philip IV of France had died out, apart from one, King Edward III of England. The French would find a way to avoid crowning Edward in favour of a ...
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Vol 4 Ep 47 - The Hundred Years' War from 2023-02-13T03:00:59
1337 - 1453 - The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France and their ruling dynasties, the Plantagenets and the Capetians. This is a whistle-...
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Vol 4 Ep 46 - The Black Death from 2023-02-06T03:00:33
1346 - 1353 - It was not the first time that the bubonic plague had hit Eurasia, but this time nobody could have expected the sudden and relentless wave of devastation that affected all of the n...
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Vol 4 Ep 45 - BATTLE - The Battle of Bannockburn ( 1314 ) from 2023-01-30T03:00:51
1314 - After the death of King Edward I of England, the Hammer of the Scots, the self proclaimed Scottish king, Robert the Bruce started a campaign of seizing Scottish castles garrisoned by the ...
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Vol 4 Ep 44 - The First War of Scottish Independence from 2023-01-23T03:00:31
1290 - 1314 - A series of tragedies left the comparatively stable Scottish monarchy in disarray leading to the opportunistic King Edward I of England attempting to enforce overlordship on the Sc...
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Vol 4 Ep 43 - Magna Carta from 2023-01-16T03:00:13
1166 - 1216 - The events and actions of the reign of King John of England brought about the circumstances from which the highest members of English society sought to challenge the king's authori...
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Vol 4 Ep 42a - The Emirate of Granada from 2023-01-10T00:00
1230 - 1492 - The story of the last nation of Al-Andalus is the story of the Emirate of Granada. We determine how it was formed and the sequence of events that led to its destruction.
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Vol 4 Ep 42 - BATTLE - The Battle of Río Salado ( 1340 ) from 2023-01-09T03:00:18
1340 - The Muslim taifas of the Iberian peninsula had all been reconquered apart from Granada. A new threat now emerged from North Africa with ambitions of creating a foothold in the penin...
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Unscripted (49) from 2023-01-05T03:00:46
News about the next proper episode of the podcast and a catch up with some of the e-mails and reviews.
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Unscripted (48) ( Boxing Day ) from 2022-12-26T03:00:47
Another festive catch up and an opportunity to discuss the notion of Boxing Day and a bit about its traditional history.
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Unscripted (47) ( Christmas Day ) from 2022-12-25T03:00:22
A long awaited catch up with Chris on Christmas Day, with a little look into the whole tradition of Christmas Day and why it even exists as it does.
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Unscripted (46) ( Strangers ) from 2022-12-12T03:00:59
In this week's unscripted episode, we'll be discussing why there are unscripted episodes at all, we'll be answering History of the World podcast illuminati member, Corben Havener's question abou...
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Vol 4 Ep 41 - BATTLE - The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ( 1212 ) from 2022-12-05T03:00:55
1212 - A new wave of powerful Berber Muslims called the Almohads controlled southern Spain. Castilian raids into Almohad territory brought the Almohad army from Africa, and their aggressio...
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Vol 4 Ep 40 - Reconquista, the Early Years ( El Cid ) from 2022-11-28T03:00:23
711 - 1102 - The Christianised Visigothic Kingdom was invaded and conquered by the Islamic Caliphate. The remnants of the Visigoths went north into the mountains and began the process of r...
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Vol 4 Ep 39 - BATTLE - The Battle of Legnano ( 1176 ) from 2022-11-21T03:00:54
1176 - Since the days of the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto the Great, during the tenth century, Italy was the poorer brother of Germany. A key factor within this relationship was the Papacy, an...
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Vol 4 Ep 38 - BATTLE - The Battle of Arsuf ( 1191 ) from 2022-11-14T03:00:05
1191 - The Battle of Arsuf was the conflict between two of the most celebrated military leaders, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin of the Ayyubids. The challenges of maintaining discipline...
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Vol 4 Ep 37 - BATTLE - The Battle of Hattin ( 1187 ) from 2022-11-07T03:00:42
1187 - After the situation settled down after the Second Crusade, the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt collapsed making way for the Muslim icon, Saladin, to become a national leader and an imperial wa...
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Vol 4 Ep 36 - Crusades in the Holy Land, Part Two from 2022-10-31T03:00:48
1099 - 1302 - After the conclusion of the First Crusade, four Christian nation states were established in the Levant. These Crusader States would have to battle for their survival over the...
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Vol 4 Ep 35 - BATTLE - The Siege of Jerusalem ( 1099 ) from 2022-10-24T02:00:49
1099 - The climax of the First Crusade sees the remainder of the Crusader armies attempt to take control of the Holy City from its newest owners, the Isma'ili Shia Islamic Fatimid Caliphate, wit...
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Vol 4 Ep 34 - Crusades in the Holy Land, Part One from 2022-10-17T02:00:38
1095 - 1098 - The Crusade to the Holy Land was an ambitious undertaking when considering the distance to travel to fight enemies on their own soil. We look at the motivating factors and th...
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Vol 4 Ep 33 - Medieval Feudalism from 2022-10-10T02:00:31
768 - 1453 - Unpacking the true meaning of feudalism by examining the different relationships between classes of people living in Western Europe during the medieval period.
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Vol 4 Ep 32 - The Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire from 2022-10-03T02:00:38
739 - 1392 - After an introduction to the Papacy, we concentrate on the period from when the Pope approached the Franks for protection, through to the battles between the peoples of northern Ita...
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Vol 4 Ep 31 - Christian Monasticism from 2022-09-26T02:00:31
251 - 1221 - From the isolated hermit lifestyle of Saint Anthony in Egypt through to the medicant style of monasticism of Saint Dominic, we explore the diverse and ever changing fortunes and fac...
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Vol 4 Ep 30 - Medieval Weaponry from 2022-09-19T02:00:11
500 - 1500 - Attackers and defenders evolved in parallel to each other, so we can examine the relationship of archers against armour, and siege engines against defensive walls, as well as the me...
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Vol 4 Ep 29 - Medieval Communication from 2022-09-12T02:00:30
300000 BCE - 1492 CE - To understand how communication was possible over long distances in medieval times, we delve into the history of travel from the ancient age, right through to the eve of t...
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SPECIAL - New Netherland from 2022-08-29T02:00:41
1607 - 1674 - The turbulent story of the 17th Century Dutch colony in North America which signified the birth of the modern city of New York, and saw the difficulties faced between European nati...
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SPECIAL - The History of Crete from 2022-08-22T02:00:55
5330000 BCE - today - We condense the history of the Mediterranean island of Crete into one episode, plotting the ages of the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Etocretans, Romans, Aghlabids, Venetians, Ottom...
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SPECIAL - The Khoisan peoples from 2022-08-15T02:00:39
150000 BCE - today - Who are the Khoisan people and why are they so different to all other human life on the planet? How has their lifestyle been affected by the many waves of migrations i...
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Unscripted (45) from 2022-08-08T02:00:42
The final unscripted episode before resuming full episodes next week. We provide you with a summary of the upcoming episodes and then catch up with all of the latest listener messages and ...
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Unscripted (44) ( Saxo Grammaticus ) from 2022-08-03T02:00:22
A catch up on the listener messages and reviews and a brief mention on who Saxo Grammaticus was and what influence he had on Denmark and literature.
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Unscripted (43) ( Old Swiss Confederacy ) from 2022-08-02T02:00:06
A state of the podcast address with some important and exciting news about the next full episode. We also discuss the origin of the nation of Switzerland by looking at the alliance of cant...
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Unscripted (42) from 2022-07-19T02:00:16
The usual state of the podcast updates and all of your kind messages and reviews in one place.
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Unscripted (41) ( The House of Knýtlinga ) from 2022-07-18T02:00:51
A quick dive into the Scandinavian dynasty also called Gorm and Jelling, descended from Vikings and producing the mighty multi-national king Cnut the Great.
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Unscripted (40) ( Tostig Godwinson ) from 2022-07-05T02:00:02
An off the cuff focus on the younger brother of King Harold II of England and his unique story.
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Unscripted (39) from 2022-07-04T02:00:47
A long awaited update from the History of the World podcast including an update on what's been going on in June, plus a look forward at what we may expect in July.
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Unscripted (38) from 2022-06-21T08:34:03
A look forward to the special episodes coming soon thanks to the ideas put forward by members of the History of the World podcast illuminati, including the latest listener messages and review. &...
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Unscripted (37) from 2022-06-15T02:00:03
We catch up with all the listener messages and reviews from the last two weeks and welcome the new members of the History of the World Podcast illuminati.
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Unscripted (36) from 2022-06-14T02:00:47
Find out about my visit to the Podcast Show 2022 in London this past May, and we fondly remember our good friend Nick Barksdale who sadly passed away this month.
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Vol 4 Ep 28 - BATTLE - The Battle of Hastings ( 1066 ) from 2022-05-30T02:00:59
1066 - Both the Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy had matured into states that faced each other across the English Channel, and had their futures entwined with each other as a consequ...
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Vol 4 Ep 27 - The Normans from 2022-05-23T02:00:51
845 - 1194 - The Normans take up a much larger role than many initially know and this episode looks to tell the entire story of the Normans of Normandy.
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Vol 4 Ep 26 - BATTLE - The Battle of Clontarf ( 1014 ) from 2022-05-16T02:00:53
1014 - The story of the history of Ireland and the Irish folklore legend of Brian Boru and how he managed his unlikely inheritance in a medieval world of fierce competition on both local and nat...
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Vol 4 Ep 25 - BATTLE - The Battle of Edington ( 878 ) from 2022-05-09T02:00:17
878 - The inevitable showdown between the Danish Vikings whose intensity against the Anglo-Saxons reached breaking point. We discover more about King Alfred the Great and how he set the fo...
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Vol 4 Ep 24 - PROFILE - Snorri Sturluson from 2022-05-02T14:00:12
1179 - 1241 This episode tells the life story of the Icelandic saga writer and statesman who lived during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries during the closing years of Icelandic indepen...
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Vol 4 Ep 23 - The Kyivan Rus' from 2022-04-25T14:00:44
862 - 1242 - The story of the creation of the medieval nation state that was the birth of a unique modern culture with a rich history that would have a fortune changing influence on European and...
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Vol 4 Ep 22 - The Vikings from 2022-04-18T02:00
793 - 1035 - Glorious literature tells us that the Vikings were savage raiders who sailed the seas and plundered from others. This episode investigates what we do know about the Vikings an...
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Vol 4 Ep 21 - The Anglo-Saxons from 2022-04-11T02:00
410 - 939 - From the abandonment of Britannia by the Romans, the island became a place of tribal warfare for many centuries, but from the chaos emerged the beginnings of a modern English nation....
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Vol 4 Ep 20 - The Picts from 2022-04-04T02:00
43 - 848 - When the Romans invaded Britain they discovered people who had decorated their bodies with bright colours. Who were these people and what became of them?
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Vol 4 Ep 19 - BATTLE - The Battle of Lechfeld ( 955 ) from 2022-03-28T02:00
955 - East Francia was a struggling new nation facing the threat of new European invasions from the peoples of the steppe. It would take military intelligence and bravery for East Francia ...
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Vol 4 Ep 18 - BATTLE - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass ( 778 ) from 2022-03-21T03:00
778 - The battle that involved Charlemagne and gave us a surprising result. It is immortalised by the Song of Roland, but this episode looks to revise the later medieval romantic poetry an...
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Vol 4 Ep 17 - The Franks, Part Two ( Charlemagne / Carolingians ) from 2022-03-14T03:00
715 - 987 - Early Medieval France was as important as any nation of Europe in its history. This episode deals with the rekindling of kingship through the Carolingians and their relationshi...
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Vol 4 Ep 16 - BATTLE - The Battle of Tours ( 732 ) from 2022-03-07T03:00
732 - The Frankish expansion was impressive but the Umayyad expansion was intercontinental and seemingly unstoppable. It would fall on the shoulders of a man called Charles Martel to unloc...
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Vol 4 Ep 15 - The Franks, Part One ( Merovingians ) from 2022-02-28T03:00
451 - 718 - A number of culturally linked Germanic tribes were initially united by King Clovis who expanded their realm significantly. The kings would gradually lose power, to be led by th...
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Vol 4 Ep 14 - Romano-Barbaric Italy ( Ostrogoths / Lombards ) from 2022-02-21T03:00
476 - 774 - The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 did not signal the end of romanitas in the Italian peninsula, but it does signal the injection of Germanic culture there. It should ...
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Vol 4 Ep 13 - The Visigoths from 2022-02-14T03:00
238 - 712 - The Visigoths were one of two major branches of Gothic tribes who originated in eastern Europe and migrated to the west where they carved out their own fortune and cemented their pla...
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Unscripted (35) from 2022-02-07T03:00
In this, the second of two unscripted episodes this weekend, we introduce the team competing in Group L of the Ancient World Cup and look ahead at what we can expect from the upcoming episodes o...
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Unscripted (34) from 2022-02-06T03:00
This episode of the History of the World podcast focuses on listener media interaction by reading out your messages and reviews.
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Vol 4 Ep 12 - BATTLE - The Fall of Constantinople ( 1453 ) from 2022-01-24T03:00
1453 - Was the Fall of Constantinople a foregone conclusion, and is it correct to regard it as the fall of the once great city? The fascinating story of the city, the characters and the se...
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Vol 4 Ep 11 - BATTLE - The Battle of Manzikert ( 1071 ) from 2022-01-17T03:00
1071 - The Seljuk Turks came to power and threatened Byzantine territory more than any other society before. The Byzantines required a strong leader to stand up to this new powerhouse of t...
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Vol 4 Ep 10 - BATTLE - The Battle of Kleidion ( 1014 ) from 2022-01-10T03:00
1014 - The tensions between the Bulgarians and the Byzantines reaches the point of no return when two great military monarchs called Samuel and Basil meet in battle, and a strategical match play...
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Vol 4 Ep 9 - The Byzantine Empire, Part Four from 2022-01-03T03:00
976 - 1422 - The glorious period of Basil the Bulgar Slayer rampaging through Bulgaria and destroying it was the last great imperial act of the Romans before their slow and painful decline began...
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Vol 4 Ep 8 - The Byzantine Empire, Part Three from 2021-12-27T03:00
718 - 976 - This period represents a reestablishment of the Byzantine Empire in a new world of Christian competition, and emerging nations looking to challenge Byzantine dominance and ideology.
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Vol 4 Ep 7 - The Byzantine Empire, Part Two from 2021-12-20T03:00
628 - 718 - The emergence of the Arabs and the Bulgars on the fringes of Byzantine lands had a profound effect on the legacy of the Heraclian dynasty of Byzantine rulers. The empire dramat...
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Vol 4 Ep 6 - The Byzantine Empire, Part One from 2021-12-13T03:00
395 - 628 - How did Eastern Rome and Western Rome drift apart, and how did the fall of Western Rome impact Eastern Rome? We meet Justinian, Belisarius and Heraclius and explore the Byzanti...
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Vol 4 Ep 5 - The Rise of the Ottomans from 2021-12-06T03:00
1280 - 1453 - The story of how one of the great second millennium empires of Eurasia rose to significance and put the Christian world of south east Europe on notice with its military expertise a...
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Vol 4 Ep 4 - The Great Seljuk Empire from 2021-11-29T03:00
1037 – 1194 - From humble beginnings in the lands of the Oghuz Turks, Seljuk traveled east to become Islamised and start a movement which would conquer the lands of the Middle East and directly ...
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Vol 4 Ep 3 - The Abbasid Caliphate from 2021-11-22T03:00
750 - 945 - The Abbasid Caliphate marked the Golden Age of Arabic culture when Baghdad became the cultural and economical centre of the world, but many dynastic entities rose to power creating a...
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Vol 4 Ep 2 - The Umayyad Caliphate from 2021-11-15T03:00
661 - 750 - The Umayyad Caliphate grew to become the largest land empire that the world had ever seen, but such were the challenges of keeping the Islamic world united that constant civil wars w...
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Vol 4 Ep 1 - The Rashidun Caliphate ( Prophet Muhammad ) from 2021-11-08T03:00
632 - 661 - This episode tells the story of the life of Muhammad and his struggles to follow his life's purpose to spread the word of Islam. We also tell the story of what the Islamic worl...
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SPECIAL - The Mississippian Culture from 2021-11-01T03:00
800 - 1600 - In this special episode we explore the culmination of many millenniums of mound building cultures in the lands of the modern United States and find out what happened to them when Eu...
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SPECIAL - Snorri Sturluson from 2021-10-25T02:00
1179 - 1241 This episode tells the life story of the Icelandic saga writer and statesman who lived during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries during the closing years of Icelandic independence....
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Unscripted (33) from 2021-10-18T02:00
The final unscripted episode before new episodes are released from next week and a final look at what's to come in Volume Four before we start our long journey through medieval history.
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Unscripted (32) from 2021-10-11T02:00
Big news on this week's unscripted episode regarding the launch date for Volume Four and information about a couple of special episodes to come later this month.
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Unscripted (31) from 2021-10-04T03:29:08
Another look ahead to Volume 4 and a preview of what we can expect to hear about South East Asia. We discuss what humans consider to be aesthetically beautiful about other human beings, an...
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Unscripted (30) ( The Twelve Olympians ) from 2021-09-27T02:00
An informal look at the Greek pantheon of Olympian deities and what they are individually best known for. Also we present all of the usual weekly updates and correspondence from the best p...
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Unscripted (29) from 2021-09-20T02:00
Looking ahead to the next volume of podcasts, we whet our appetites with the prospect of medieval Japan and it's transition from seasonal farmers to samurai warriors. We also catch up with...
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Unscripted (28) ( Jewish-Roman Wars ) from 2021-09-13T02:00
Welcome along to yet another unscripted episode where we pay particular attention to the Jews of Jerusalem and how their troublesome journey through Classical Antiquity led to numerous conflicts...
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Unscripted (27) from 2021-09-06T17:51:56
Another look ahead to Volume Four where we will focus on the lands of India and China, and track the rise of Genghis Khan and the Mongols. We hear more of your e-mail and reviews.
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Unscripted (26) ( Xiongnu ) from 2021-08-30T02:00
The Xiongnu were more than a match for their powerful Chinese neighbours during the early imperial years of China. They were the reason behind the Chinese desire to start construction of t...
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Unscripted (25) from 2021-08-23T02:00
A look ahead to the material of Volume Four where the spread of Christian and Muslim societies brought them into conflict with each other, other peoples and themselves in the lead up to the Rena...
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Unscripted (24) from 2021-08-16T02:00
Another look forward to Volume Four and an insight into some of the episodes which take us through European politics after the fall of the Western Roman Empire through to the creation of medieva...
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Unscripted (23) ( Aksum ) from 2021-08-08T22:00:10
We take a brief trip to the Horn of Africa and the lands of the Blue Nile which became a significant trade centre as the gateway between the Red Sea and the oceans beyond.
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Unscripted (22) from 2021-08-02T02:00
A spoiler for the start of Volume 4 as we look at what to expect from the volume's opening episodes. As ever, we read out your e-mails and reviews as well as welcoming the latest set...
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Unscripted (21) ( Ancient Olympic Games ) from 2021-07-26T02:00
An informal chat about the emergence and disappearance of the ancient sporting tradition that lasted for centuries called the Olympic Games.
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Vol 3 Ep 79 - SUMMARY - The Classical World, Part Four from 2021-07-18T02:00
200 - 600 - The Sasanians were firmly in control of their Silk Road branch while Rome and China languished. This period saw the rise of the Gupta, Maya and Aksumites but was also the age o...
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Vol 3 Ep 78 - SUMMARY - The Classical World, Part Three from 2021-07-11T10:15:18
100 BCE - 200 CE - The emergence of the Silk Road saw the rise and fall of four great global empires and the spread of trade encouraged the spread of philosophy and religion across the whole of ...
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Vol 3 Ep 77 - SUMMARY - The Classical World, Part Two from 2021-07-04T02:00
400 - 100 BCE - Classical cultures flourished very quickly during this period. Empires grew to significant proportions and this time, not just in one area of the world.
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Vol 3 Ep 76 - SUMMARY - The Classical World, Part One from 2021-06-27T01:46:32
700 - 400 BCE - From the time when the Assyrians were the greatest power on the planet, a sudden surge of culture and learning from east to west would bring the world forward from a relative dar...
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Vol 3 Ep 75 - Classic Period Maya from 2021-06-20T02:00
250 - 900 - Before the canoe building Mayans that Europeans encountered, Mayan ancestors dominated the Guatemala highlands hidden in the dense rainforest and building great temples and palaces t...
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Vol 3 Ep 74 - Teotihuacán from 2021-06-13T01:31:44
600 BCE - 750 CE - The greatest multi-pyramid site of the Americas and a very mysterious home to some of the most comfortable regular citizens of the entire ancient world.
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Vol 3 Ep 73 - The Zapotecs from 2021-06-06T02:00
500 BCE - 750 CE - Ethnic Zapotecs make up part of the modern Mexican population today, but they were once the dominant civilisation of Mesoamerica. The Classical Age Zapotec Empire ruled ...
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Unscripted (20) from 2021-05-31T23:01:26
A look back at some of the e-mails and reviews of the week including an interesting listener question relating to negative reactions to the History of the World podcast.
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Vol 3 Ep 72 - Early Intermediate Peru ( Nazca / Moche ) from 2021-05-23T17:11:44
100 BCE - 800 CE - The Nazca and the Moche were the two main cultures to emerge in the remnant of the Chavín. We will explore the incredible large geoglyphs that were created on the desert...
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Vol 3 Ep 71 - The Silk Road from 2021-05-16T10:54:26
30 - 230 - The episode required to tie together all of the previous seventy episodes of this volume. East meets west as Han China negotiates the Kushan Empire and the Parthian Empire to de...
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Vol 3 Ep 70 - Ancient China: China's Dark Ages from 2021-05-09T12:09:59
220 - 581 - The incredibly complex period of Chinese history which was distinguished by the pushing of centralised power to the south and the establishment of competing kingdoms of various ethni...
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Vol 3 Ep 69 - BATTLE - The Battle of Red Cliffs ( 208 ) from 2021-05-02T12:53:24
208 - This is the legendary story of the Three Kingdoms of China and how the warlords Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan could not overcome one another, meaning that China would have to be split into...
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Vol 3 Ep 68 - Ancient China: The Han Dynasty, Part Two from 2021-04-25T02:24:26
108 BCE - 208 CE - While trade and subjugation brings wealth, corruption and warfare brings expense, and The Han Dynasty's later years tells the story of this precarious balancing act and its co...
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Vol 3 Ep 67 - Ancient China: The Han Dynasty, Part One from 2021-04-18T12:56:52
210 - 108 BCE - Some of the great characters of ancient China lived through this period such as Liu Bang and his consort Empress Lu, the great patriarchal leader of the Xiongnu Empire, Modu Chan...
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Vol 3 Ep 66 - Ancient China: The Qin Dynasty from 2021-04-11T17:06:59
900 - 210 BCE - How the outlying Qin state come to rule over the whole of China, and the unique story of the first emperor and how this short lived dynasty has left an immortal legacy for the em...
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Vol 3 Ep 65 - Ancient China: The Zhou Dynasty from 2021-04-04T02:00
1046 - 256 BCE - The longest of all dynasties in Chinese history but certainly not the strongest. This episode covers the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period with specia...
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BONUS - Nick Barksdale interviews Chris Hasler from 2021-03-29T04:05:57
2019 - Between the publication of Volume Two and Volume Three, Chris was interviewed by the man behind the successful YouTube channel, the Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Nick Barksdale....
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Vol 3 Ep 64 - Abrahamic Religion ( Christianity / Islam / Judaism ) from 2021-03-28T03:00
1300 BCE - 900 CE - History has seen repeated tensions between the three Abrahamic religions whose history is intertwined and all come from the same original theory of there being one almighty G...
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Vol 3 Ep 63 - Ancient Indian Religion ( Buddhism / Hinduism ) from 2021-03-21T03:00
3300 BCE - 570 CE - How did Hinduism and Buddhism emergence and how did each religion cope with the fragmentation or their followers? Why do we see so little of Buddhism in India despite t...
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Vol 3 Ep 62 - The Gupta Empire from 2021-03-14T03:00
320 - 570 - Indian lands ruled by Indian people. The lands of the subcontinent moved forward into their own prosperous Classical Age. Find out what they did and how this era came and...
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Vol 3 Ep 61 - The Kushan Empire from 2021-03-07T03:00
30 - 375 - They migrated across the steppe as nomads and then plugged a gap between all of the mightiest empires of the world. They controlled the interesting new trade route between east ...
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Vol 3 Ep 60 - PROFILE - Ashoka the Great from 2021-02-28T03:00
304 - 232 BCE - One of history's most profoundly affected emperors who would have to turn to religion in order to combat his guilt. Find out how Ashoka affected Buddhism and how Buddhism a...
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Vol 3 Ep 59 - The Maurya Empire from 2021-02-21T03:00
600 - 185 BCE - It's time to bring our story of the Indian subcontinent up to date with particular focus of Chandragupta Maurya, Chanakya and Ashoka the Great, and the emergence of the early Ved...
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Vol 3 Ep 58 - BATTLE - The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains ( 451 ) from 2021-02-14T03:00
451 - In an era of kings and commanders, all of central Europe picked their side and clashed on the Catalaunian plains. The battle was so brutal that it never ended.
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Vol 3 Ep 57 - The Huns ( Attila ) from 2021-02-07T03:00
370 - 469 - Attila the Hun was a very real threat to both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. How could a simple leader of the barbarian confederation cause so much terror to the most d...
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Vol 3 Ep 56 - The Scythians from 2021-01-31T03:00
1000 - 100 BCE - Who's in for a round of drug-fueled blood drinking, alongside cutting chunks out of your own ears and fastening as many human scalps as possible onto your horse's bridle to see ...
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Vol 3 Ep 55 - Migration Period of Europe from 2021-01-24T03:00
300 - 570 - In an episode that could turn out to be worse than a sports programme reporting on a draft or a transfer window, we find out who was going where and at what price during the middle o...
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Vol 3 Ep 54 - BATTLE - The Battle of Adrianople ( 378 ) ( Goths ) from 2021-01-17T03:00
378 - A vital crossroads in the timeline of the Roman Empire comes when thousands of Germans come flooding across the Roman border looking for refuge and Romans look to exploit the situation. &n...
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Vol 3 Ep 53 - The Celts from 2021-01-10T03:08:45
450 BCE - 60 CE - The original barbarians to the Romans, with their appetite for war and their mysterious past. There are bound to be a thing or two that you never knew about these peoples...
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Vol 3 Ep 52 - SUMMARY - Ancient Rome, Part Two from 2021-01-03T03:00
41 - 476 - The story of the Principate and the Dominate which includes the struggles of the Jews and the rise of Christianity as well as the pressures from the barbarians and the factors that le...
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Vol 3 Ep 51 - SUMMARY - Ancient Rome, Part One from 2020-12-27T03:00
753 BCE - 14 CE - From the foundation of Rome by King Romulus to the beginning of the Empire with Emperor Augustus and everything in between.
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Vol 3 Ep 50 - The Fall of the Western Roman Empire from 2020-12-20T03:00
337 - 476 - The fall of the western Roman Empire is the story of how barbarian tribes had learned and evolved from the empire on its doorstep, and when the Huns arrived in Europe, how those trib...
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Vol 3 Ep 49 - BATTLE - The Battle of the Milvian Bridge ( 312 ) from 2020-12-13T03:00
312 - Was this the battle that caused Christianity to become the globally mighty religion that we know today, or did the Christian scribes of history use Constantine as a propaganda tool to push...
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Vol 3 Ep 48 - Ancient Rome: The Reign of Constantine from 2020-12-06T03:00
305 - 330 - This period begins with the retirement of Diocletian to the opening of the new capital city of Constantinople. What is Constantine the Great's true legacy to history and was th...
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Vol 3 Ep 47 - Ancient Rome: Crisis and Collapse of the Principate from 2020-11-29T03:00
222 - 304 - The Roman Empire was on the verge of falling apart until some radical thinking by one particular Emperor looked like it could change the direction and save the future of the Empire.
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Vol 3 Ep 46 - Ancient Rome: The Severan Dynasty from 2020-11-22T03:00
193 - 222 - There were Five Good Emperors and then there seemed to be none. Just how did the quality of the Princeps decline so dramatically and what pressures were responsible for making ...
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Vol 3 Ep 45 - Ancient Rome: The Five Good Emperors from 2020-11-15T03:00
98 - 192 - The Pax Romana continues and tells a story of Roman stability through the second century. Gone are the egotistical megalomaniac emperors from the first century, or are they?
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Vol 3 Ep 44 - EVENT - The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius ( Pompeii ) from 2020-11-08T03:00
79 - The Romans could not have ever known the catastrophe that suddenly destroyed all civilisation around the Gulf of Naples in less that 24 hours.
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Vol 3 Ep 43 - Ancient Rome: The Flavian Dynasty from 2020-11-01T03:00
68 - 98 - The Year of the Four Emperors came out of the chaos of the reign of Nero. Find out how Vespasian managed to steady the Roman ship and whether his two sons would be able to contin...
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Vol 3 Ep 42 - Ancient Rome: The Julio-Claudian Dynasty from 2020-10-25T03:00
14 - 68 - Although we covered the life and reign of Augustus in previous episodes, we can now explore the reigns of emperors 2, 3, 4 and 5 as we find out more about the unpredictability of Rome ...
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Vol 3 Ep 41 - Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire from 2020-10-18T09:28:50
509 BCE - 284 CE - A whistle-stop tour of some of the aspects of Rome and how some of them changed over time.
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Vol 3 Ep 40 - PROFILE - Cleopatra from 2020-10-11T02:00
69 - 30 BCE - One of the most famous women of ancient and classical history, but was she the irresistible lady that we might expect?
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Vol 3 Ep 39 - BATTLE - The Battle of Actium ( 31 BCE ) from 2020-10-04T02:00
31 BCE - The Second Triumvirate had fallen apart and once again the place of conflict would be Greece. An incredible naval battle with an unusual ending as Mark Antony and Octavian come to...
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Vol 3 Ep 38 - The Beginning of the Roman Empire ( Augustus ) from 2020-09-27T02:00
44 BCE - 14 CE - Rome recovers after the death of Julius Caesar, and the constitution of Rome would change for good. One man emerges from all others to become the most trusted leader of th...
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Unscripted (19) ( Trepanning ) from 2020-09-20T10:21:17
We continue our short break from the narative by exploring the grim and sinister act of trepanation which explores the widely practised act of boring a hole in the human skull as we try to under...
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Unscripted (18) ( The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ) from 2020-09-13T12:33:06
An informal look at the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, topped off with the usual updates from the HotWorld forums.
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Vol 3 Ep 37 - PROFILE - Julius Caesar, Part Two from 2020-09-06T02:00
60 - 44 BCE - The continuation of Caesar's story covering the First Triumvirate, The Gallic Wars and Caesar's Civil War. Rome could never be the same again.
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Vol 3 Ep 36 - PROFILE - Julius Caesar, Part One from 2020-08-30T02:00
100 - 60 BCE - The story of the chaotic Roman world that Caesar was born into, and what it would take for a charismatic and talented young man with connections to climb the political ladder of t...
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Vol 3 Ep 35 - BATTLE - The Battle of Zela ( 47 BCE ) from 2020-08-23T02:00
47 BCE - Veni, vidi, vici. Julius Caesar was short handed when he felt obliged to deal with the Pontic problem. Discover how Pontus still caused headaches for the Romans, even after ...
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Vol 3 Ep 34 - BATTLE - The Battle of Alesia ( 52 BCE ) from 2020-08-16T02:04:36
52 BCE - The Battle of Alesia is the story of a siege under siege. We meet Julius Caesar, who had the Gallic confederation in a precarious spot. The Gallic leader, Vercingetorix, was...
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Vol 3 Ep 33 - BATTLE - The Battle of Carrhae ( 53 BCE ) from 2020-08-09T02:25:31
53 BCE - The first major encounter between the Romans and the Parthians involved the mighty Roman army taking on an extremely unusual army. It was an army with absolutely no infantry. &nbs...
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Vol 3 Ep 32 - BATTLE - The Battle of Mount Vesuvius ( 73 BCE ) ( Spartacus ) from 2020-08-02T02:04:24
73 BCE - The story of the first acts of rebellion by the group of slaves involving Spartacus. It would be one thing for a few dozen gladiators escaping captivity, but how did this become a...
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Vol 3 Ep 31 - Ancient Rome: The Late Roman Republic ( The First Triumvirate ) from 2020-07-26T03:32
146 - 44 BCE - The story of the Optimates and the Populares and the characters who witnessed Rome's gradual decline from its being the most powerful entity in the world to a republic fragmented ...
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Vol 3 Ep 30 - BATTLE - The Battle of Zama ( 202 BCE ) from 2020-07-19T02:23:16
202 BCE - This world isn't big enough for both of us. Carthage under Hannibal takes on Rome under Scipio.
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Vol 3 Ep 29 - BATTLE - The Battle of Cannae ( 216 BCE ) from 2020-07-12T02:00
216 BCE - If crossing the Alps with 37 elephants wasn't enough to impress you, then what Hannibal achieved at Cannae just a couple of years later defies belief on the deadliest day in the histor...
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Vol 3 Ep 28 - Ancient Rome: The Punic Wars, Part Two from 2020-07-05T02:00
221 - 146 BCE - The incredible story of how Hannibal crossed the Alps with tens of thousands of men and a number of war elephants and penetrated the lands of the Romans in such a way that Rome's...
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Vol 3 Ep 27 - Ancient Rome: The Punic Wars, Part One from 2020-06-28T14:01:18
264 - 219 BCE - After King Pyrrhus of Epirus left modern Italian lands, much tension existed between the societies and the eventual escalation led to the First Punic War centred in and around th...
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Vol 3 Ep 26 - Ancient Rome: The Early Roman Republic from 2020-06-21T02:00
509 - 272 BCE - With the monarchy abolished, Rome would still continue to have political and social issues as the Conflict of the Orders brought tensions between the patricians and the plebeians...
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Vol 3 Ep 25 - Ancient Rome: The Roman Kingdom from 2020-06-14T02:00
753 - 509 BCE - The story of Romulus and Remus and the Seven Kings of Rome, but just how much of it was actually true and how much was pure mythology?
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SPECIAL - The Picts from 2020-06-07T02:00
43 - 848 - When the Romans invaded Britain they discovered people who had decorated their bodies with bright colours. Who were these people and what became of them?
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SPECIAL - The House of Vasa from 2020-05-31T02:00
1523 - 1668 - The House of Vasa was predominantly the royal house of Sweden, but also of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Its greatest member was Gustavus Adolphus the Great.
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Vol 3 Ep 24 - SUMMARY - Ancient Greece, Part Two from 2020-05-24T02:00
336 - 30 BCE - A deeper look at the chronology of the Hellenistic world with special attention to some of the academic advances.
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Vol 3 Ep 23 - SUMMARY - Ancient Greece, Part One from 2020-05-17T02:00
1200 - 336 BCE - From the fall of the Mycenaeans, to the rise of Alexander the Great, and everything else in between.
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Vol 3 Ep 22 - Ancient Greece: Hellenistic Period from 2020-05-10T02:00
323 - 30 BCE - The sudden imperial expansion of Alexander the Great's Macedonian kingdom had a profound effect on the vast area's diverse cultures. This episode explores that effect.
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Vol 3 Ep 21 - Ancient Greece: The Diadochi from 2020-05-03T02:00
323 - 281 BCE - Meet Philip III and Alexander IV, Antipater, Craterus, Antigonus, Demetrius, Cassander, Eumenes, Seleucus, Polyperchon, Ptolemy, Lysimachus and Peithon among others.
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Vol 3 Ep 20 - BATTLE - The Battle of Gaugamela ( 331 BCE ) from 2020-04-26T02:00
331 BCE - The inevitable showdown between Alexander the Great and Darius III took place at Gaugamela, in a battle which would change the world as everyone know it forever.
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Vol 3 Ep 19 - BATTLE - The Battle of Issus ( 333 BCE ) from 2020-04-19T04:41:49
333 BCE - Alexander the Great had ventured deeper into Persian territory than any other invader. So Darius decided to make a surprise move to cut him off from his supply lines entrapping him in a ...
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Vol 3 Ep 18 - PROFILE - Alexander the Great from 2020-04-12T02:00
356 - 323 BCE - In our second profile episode, we look at a man who is arguably the greatest military leader ever, the Macedonian king, Alexander the Great.
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Vol 3 Ep 17 - Ancient Greece: The Rise of Macedon from 2020-04-05T02:00
362 - 335 BCE - With the southern Balkan poleis exhausted through continued warfare, one leader in the north was holding all the cards. This is the story of Philip II of Macedon's achievements.
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Vol 3 Ep 16 - Ancient Greece: Classical Greek Culture from 2020-03-29T03:00
510 - 323 BCE - Greek Gods, Olympic Games, Oracle of Delphi, architecture, pottery, Great Dionysia, historians, science, mathematics, philosophy and education all rolled up into one complete episode.
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Vol 3 Ep 15 - BATTLE - The Battle of Leuctra ( 371 BCE ) from 2020-03-22T03:00
With Athens a shadow of its former self, the road to glory was left open to the Spartans, but an old adversary called Thebes would have something to say about it.
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Vol 3 Ep 14 - Ancient Greece: Peloponnesian War, Part Two from 2020-03-15T03:00
447 - 404 BCE - The conflict reaches a defining climax as natural events and individual decisions involve much of the Greek speaking world. Will it be Athens or Sparta who prevails?
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Vol 3 Ep 13 - Ancient Greece: Peloponnesian War, Part One from 2020-03-08T03:00
479 - 447 BCE - The Persians had been expelled from the Balkan peninsula. Fate deals its hand to the Greek lands as the region heads towards further conflict.
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Vol 3 Ep 12 - Second Persian Invasion of Greece, Part Two from 2020-03-01T03:00
480 - 479 BCE - The Achaemenid Persians were now able to march on Athens. Would the Athenians stay and fight, or abandon their city? Would the Spartans assist the Athenians, or would either polis...
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Vol 3 Ep 11 - Second Persian Invasion of Greece, Part One from 2020-02-23T03:00
480 BCE - Following defeat at Marathon, the Persians were back. Had the Greeks done enough to prepare for the return and would the interminably militant force of Sparta make the difference?
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Vol 3 Ep 10 - BATTLE - The Battle of Marathon ( 490 BCE ) from 2020-02-16T03:00
490 BCE - The Achaemenid Persians had been succesfully expanding their influence across the known world, but when the Athenians supported a revolt of Greek people within the Persian Empire, the Ach...
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Vol 3 Ep 9 - Ancient Greece: Greek Colonisation from 2020-02-09T03:00
750 - 550 BCE - For a couple of centuries, the people of the Greek poleis all jumped into their boats and scattered in all directions. Where were they going? What were they doing? Why were they ...
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Vol 3 Ep 8 - Ancient Greece: Ancient Athens, Part Two from 2020-02-02T03:00
565 - 493 BCE - The Peisistratid tyranny came under pressure as Athens demanded democracy so vehemently that even the mighty Spartans could not impose their authority over the Athenians.
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Vol 3 Ep 7 - Ancient Greece: Ancient Athens, Part One from 2020-01-26T03:00
800 - 565 BCE - We walk through the journey of the Greek capital during the Archaic period and discover what this independent city did to avoid tyranny before succumbing to it.
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Vol 3 Ep 6 - Ancient Greece: Dark Age and Archaic Greece from 2020-01-19T03:00
1200 - 600 BCE - Exactly what did happen in Greece after the Late Bronze Age Collapse and the disappearance of the Mycenaean culture, and what are poleis?
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Vol 3 Ep 5 - Ancient Persia: Iranian Religion in Antiquity ( Zoroastrianism ) from 2020-01-12T03:00
609 BCE - 651 CE - What is Zoroastrianism and how did it originate? Which belief systems did it influence and which belief systems existed alongside it in Iranian lands? How did the Persian elite...
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Vol 3 Ep 4 - Ancient Persia: The Sasanian Empire from 2020-01-05T02:59:22
226 - 651 CE - The rise of the Persians who would rule their own traditional lands once again, and the journey through the centuries which would lead them to the ultimate climax against the Romans ...
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Vol 3 Ep 3 - Ancient Persia: The Parthian Empire ( & Seleucids ) from 2019-12-29T03:00
329 BCE - 224 CE - Plotting the progress of the Persian Empire after its fall to Alexander the Great, and leading into the incredible and inevitable conflicts with the Romans.
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Vol 3 Ep 2 - Ancient Persia: The Achaemenid Empire, Part Two from 2019-12-22T03:00
522 - 329 BCE - A closer look at the dramatic stories of the empire under the rule of Darius the Great, Xerxes I and Darius III.
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Vol 3 Ep 1 - Ancient Persia: The Achaemenid Empire, Part One from 2019-12-15T03:00
609 - 522 BCE - This episode will bridge the gap between the fall of the Assyrian Empire and the rise of the Achaemenid Empire including the life of Cyrus the Great.
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Unscripted (17) ( The Iron Age ) from 2019-12-09T04:09:43
With this being the last unofficial episode before next week's launch of Volume 3, we take a closer look at the period between the Bronze Age and the Classical Age.
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Unscripted (16) from 2019-12-01T03:00
A look forward to the subject matter for Volume 3, plus an announcement regarding when the first episode will come out.
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Unscripted (15) ( The First Day Ever ) from 2019-11-24T03:00
On what date, in which year was the first day ever?
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Unscripted (14) ( Kassites ) from 2019-11-17T03:00
The most successful dynasty of Babylon, in terms of longevity, is not talked about enough, until now.
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Unscripted (13) from 2019-11-10T23:33:22
A light hearted look at the History of the World podcast's history on YouTube.
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Unscripted (12) ( Thutmose III ) from 2019-11-03T05:04:57
How does this great 15th century BCE pharaoh of Egypt stack up to the featured pharaoh of volume two of the podcast, Ramesses II?
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Unscripted (11) ( Mitanni ) from 2019-10-27T23:03:46
More to fill those empty weeks between volumes with a brief reminder about who the Mitanni's were and what they did.
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Unscripted (10) ( Homo luzonensis ) from 2019-10-20T02:00
A new species of hominin was named in 2019 called Homo luzonensis. What is it, and where does it fit into our story of human evolution?
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Unscripted (9) from 2019-10-13T02:00
A short and sweet debrief following the conclusion of volume two, and a look ahead at what is coming soon.
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Vol 2 Ep 37 - SUMMARY - The Ancient World, Part Two from 2019-10-06T02:00
1750 - 700 BCE - Continuing the journey through the Bronze Age, crossing over the Late Bronze Age Collapse and into the Iron Age, to a time where history meets the origin of modern religion.
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Vol 2 Ep 36 - SUMMARY - The Ancient World, Part One from 2019-09-29T02:00
3000 - 1750 BCE - The rise of powerful kingdoms and civilisations in Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley, bronzeworking in Europe and China and long distance trade and construction in the Ameri...
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Vol 2 Ep 35 - Ancient medicine from 2019-09-22T02:00
10000 - 700 BCE - The Neolithic Revolution was a huge leap forward for humankind, but it came at a price in regard to our health. How did we interpret these new ailments and diseases and how did w...
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Vol 2 Ep 34 - Ancient weaponry from 2019-09-15T02:00
2500000 - 700 BCE - Why did we start killing each other and how come we were so good at it?
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Vol 2 Ep 33 - Archaic Americas from 2019-09-08T02:00
7000 - 700 BCE - Starting in Mesoamerica, we head south to explore the rainforests, highlands and savannah of South America, before heading to the Arctic tundra and heading south again to the grass...
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Vol 2 Ep 32 - Chavín culture from 2019-09-01T02:00
3500 - 200 BCE - In the mysterious Peruvian highlands, people were gathering from far and wide to take a psychedelic journey into a dark labyrinth to meet the ferocious looking jaguar deity of the ...
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Vol 2 Ep 31 - The Olmecs from 2019-08-25T02:00
1600 - 400 BCE - Just what was the Olmec fascination with rubber balls all about? Did the Olmecs copy the Egyptians by constructing the first Mesoamerican pyramid?
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Vol 2 Ep 30 - Ancient China: Shang dynasty from 2019-08-18T02:00
1750 - 1046 BCE - Plotting the rise and fall of the Shang dynasty where archaeology meets traditional stories. An incredible bronze age with innovative techniques and the comparison of cultural ad...
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Vol 2 Ep 29 - Neolithic cultures of China from 2019-08-11T02:00
7000 - 1750 BCE - What happened before the Shang dynasty? We have the traditional stories to go by, but does it stack up against the archaeological evidence?
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Vol 2 Ep 28 - Indo-European languages from 2019-08-04T02:00
7000 BCE onwards - Proto-Indo-Europeans are believed to have spoken a language ancestral to over four hundred languages of the modern world. Why do we believe this when there is no firm evidence o...
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Vol 2 Ep 27 - Mohenjo-daro from 2019-07-28T02:00
2500 - 1600 BCE - The city of Mohenjo-daro has some surprisingly modern civil aspects. This episode explores the discoveries and suggest what they can tell us about the people who lived there.
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Vol 2 Ep 26 - Indus Valley Civilisation ( Harappans ) from 2019-07-21T02:00
3300 - 1600 BCE - A mysterious, but peaceful and successful trading civilisation. Their undeciphered script cannot hide some amazing and unique aspects.
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Vol 2 Ep 25 - The Trojan War ( Troy ) from 2019-07-14T02:00
1190 BCE? - The Trojan War is a mythological story about a city called Troy which was attacked after a large wooden horse was pulled into the city secretly containing Greek warriors. Is there any ...
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Vol 2 Ep 24 - Mycenaean Greece from 2019-07-07T02:00
1600 - 1070 BCE - Mythology and archaeology are the ingredients of a good ancient period story and the Mycenaeans are no exception. The rise and fall of the first civilised mainland Greeks.
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Vol 2 Ep 23 - The Minoan civilisation from 2019-06-30T02:00
2000 - 1450 BCE - Our first European civilisation takes us to the island of Crete in the Mediterranean where we learn of bare breasted ladies, bull-leaping, huge palaces and the ferocious Minotaur ...
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Vol 2 Ep 22 - The History of Writing, Part Two from 2019-06-23T02:00
1200 BCE - 900 CE - Alphabets emerged from early writing systems and were so practical that they evolved and supplanted many of the systems in place around the world. Find out how.
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Vol 2 Ep 21 - The History of Writing, Part One from 2019-06-16T02:00
3300 - 1200 BCE - What is writing and why did people start doing it? We analyse the earliest known writing systems and read between the lines.
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Vol 2 Ep 20 - SUMMARY - Ancient Egypt from 2019-06-09T02:00
3150 - 30 BCE - A rapid, rollercoaster ride through three thousand years of drama, dynasties, deities, disputes and development. Who can resist?
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Vol 2 Ep 19 - Ancient Egypt: Third Intermediate and Late Period from 2019-06-02T02:00
1213 - 525 BCE - Just what caused the New Kingdom to collapse and what did Egypt become in the one thousand years between this and Cleopatra?
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Vol 2 Ep 18 - Ancient Egypt: Religion from 2019-05-26T02:00
3100 - 30 BCE - The complex pantheon of Egyptian deities and their links to everyday life and other cultures are explored.
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Vol 2 Ep 17 - BATTLE - The Battle of Kadesh ( 1274 BCE ) from 2019-05-19T02:00
1274 BCE - The Hittites have control of the city of Kadesh, but the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II wants it back. Find out what happens when Ramesses takes 20,000 men and 2000 chariots into the land...
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Vol 2 Ep 16 - PROFILE - Ramesses II from 2019-05-12T02:00
1303 - 1213 BCE - This is first of our special profile episodes which focus on an historical individual. This time we are looking at Ramesses II, otherwise known as Ramesses the Great, Pharaoh of ...
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Vol 2 Ep 15 - Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom from 2019-05-05T02:00
1620 - 1324 BCE - More specifically the story of the Eighteenth Dynasty, a golden age in Egyptian history. However, keeping it in the family may not have necessarily been beneficial to the Royal F...
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Vol 2 Ep 14 - Ancient Egypt: The Pyramids from 2019-04-28T02:00
2600 - 1525 BCE - An attempt to decipher the mystery of the last remaining wonder of the ancient world, The Great Pyramid of Giza, as well as all the other pyramids, the people who built them and t...
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Vol 2 Ep 13 - Ancient Egypt: The Middle Kingdom from 2019-04-21T02:00
2040 - 1640 BCE - A new kingdom emerges in the Egyptian lands, but things are slightly different this time, with the Pharaohs needing to build their reputation by displaying those strong leadership...
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Vol 2 Ep 12 - Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom from 2019-04-14T02:00
3150 - 2134 BCE - From the unification of the Egyptian kingdom through its journey through great prosperity and a golden age of pyramid building, right through to its subsequent fall towards the en...
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Vol 2 Ep 11 - SUMMARY - The Ancient Near East from 2019-04-07T02:00
3000 - 700 BCE - We walk together through the entire journey of Mesopotamia, eastern Anatolia and the Levant during the two thousand year plus ancient era of the Near East.
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Vol 2 Ep 10 - The Religion of Canaan and Phoenicia from 2019-03-31T03:00
1200 - 516 BCE - Digging deeper into the spiritual side of the geographical area which gave birth to Judaism and how polytheism turned into monotheism. We try to uncover the true identity of God.
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Vol 2 Ep 9 - The Phoenicians from 2019-03-24T03:00
1200 - 264 BCE - The expert Mediterranean traders that the Greeks called the Phoenicians, who established the important colony of Carthage, the principal centre of Phoenician politics.
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Vol 2 Ep 8 - BATTLE - The Siege of Lachish ( 701 BCE ) from 2019-03-17T03:00
701 BCE - Assyria under the rule of Sennacherib needed to subjugate the Kingdom of Judah under the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib wanted the Judean capital city of Jerusalem, but first he would nee...
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Vol 2 Ep 7 - The Assyrian Empire from 2019-03-10T03:00
2000 - 610 BCE - The incredible story of an empire that survived the Late Bronze Age Collapse and then dominated the Near East like no other before, with iron age technology and an aggressive forei...
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Vol 2 Ep 6 - The Late Bronze Age Collapse from 2019-03-03T03:00
1200 - 1050 BCE - All of the societies of the Near East either weakened considerably or disappeared altogether. What could have possibly happened to cause this dramatic turn of events?
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Vol 2 Ep 5 - The Hittites from 2019-02-24T03:00
1700 - 1200 BCE - The first Indo-Europeans documented arrived in Anatolia and completely changed the face of the Near East, even going toe to toe with the mighty Egyptians, as well as the revived A...
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Vol 2 Ep 4 - First Babylonian Dynasty ( Hammurabi ) from 2019-02-17T03:00
1900 - 1595 BCE - Semitic speakers from the west had established their own kingdoms throughout Mesopotamia. The Babylonians became the most powerful of the first half of the second millennium BCE ...
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Vol 2 Ep 3 - Ur from 2019-02-10T03:00
3000 - 2000 BCE - The fascinating rise and fall of this iconic Sumerian city-state and a look at the incredible work of Sir Leonard Woolley.
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Vol 2 Ep 2 - The Akkadian Empire ( Sargon of Akkad ) from 2019-02-03T03:00
2300 - 2083 BCE - Sargon the Great conquered Sumer and extended what some refer to as the first Empire. This is the story of the earliest known civilised Semitic speakers.
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Vol 2 Ep 1 - Early Dynastic Mesopotamia ( Sumerians ) from 2019-01-27T03:00
3000 - 2340 BCE - The first known civilisation of Mesopotamia. Separating fact from myth within the first cuneiform writings, and the Sumerian conquest and decline.
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Unscripted (8) ( Lascaux ) from 2019-01-20T03:00
We take a brief look at the unignorable prehistoric cave art of Lascaux and why it could have been created.
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Unscripted (7) ( Göbekli Tepe ) from 2019-01-13T22:14
We take a brief but closer look at some of the diverse theories relating to the construction and meaning of Göbekli Tepe.
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Unscripted (6) from 2019-01-06T03:00
History of the World podcast welcomes in the New Year with some of your valued messages, an update on the performance of the podcast, and most importantly of all, an announcement about the start of...
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Unscripted (5) - Review of 2018 from 2018-12-30T02:14:41
Put on your tuxedo or your evening gown for the prestigious 2018 History of the World podcast awards ceremony.
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Unscripted (4) ( Piltdown Man ) from 2018-12-23T22:37:46
We discuss the incredible story of Piltdown Man as well as provide updates relating to the state of the podcast.
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Unscripted (3) from 2018-12-16T03:00
A brief look forward to the next volume of podcasts focusing on the Ancient World.
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Vol 1 Ep 24 - SUMMARY - Civilisation from 2018-12-10T00:47:38
A summary of the Neolithic period of human history covering the period between 10,000 BCE and 3000 BCE. An attempt to collate all that we have learned from Episodes 15 through to 23.
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Vol 1 Ep 23 - Neolithic Egypt from 2018-12-02T23:55:38
A vital look at how the drying out of the Sahara desert forced populations to congregate and adapt along the Nile's banks forcing powerful leaders to take the future of Egypt into their own hands.
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Vol 1 Ep 22 - Neolithic Mesopotamia ( Uruk ) from 2018-11-25T22:57:50
We explore how all of the Neolithic advances and environmental changes affected the prehistoric peoples and cultures of Mesopotamia previous to the ancient dynastic Sumerian period.
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Vol 1 Ep 21 - The origin of towns ( Eridu ) from 2018-11-18T12:17:13
We explore two very fundamental changes to village life in and around the rivers of the Fertile Crescent. Irrigation and the emergence of a class based society.
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Vol 1 Ep 20 - Megaliths, Part Two ( Stonehenge ) from 2018-11-11T01:51:23
This week's podcast centres around Stonehenge, but in order to try to understand this most famous of megaliths, we discuss the Neolithic wonders of the Orkney Islands and the Carnac Stones of Britt...
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Vol 1 Ep 19 - Megaliths, Part One ( Göbekli Tepe ) from 2018-11-04T02:39:06
Göbekli Tepe in the Fertile Crescent appears to have marked the start of a megalithic period which ultimately spread across Europe. Clouded in mystery, we endeavour to uncover the facts.
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Vol 1 Ep 18 - The origin of metallurgy from 2018-10-28T08:35:56
Humans of the Fertile Crescent appear to have started mastering the ability to use metals during the Neolithic period. We meet Ötzi, who was one of the first coppersmiths of Europe.
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Unscripted (2) from 2018-10-21T02:00
A look at some of the correspondence and other podcasts that have inspired the History of the World podcast.
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Unscripted (1) from 2018-10-14T02:00
A brief look at the history and the future of the History of the World podcast.
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Vol 1 Ep 17 - The origin of villages ( Çatalhöyük / Jericho ) from 2018-10-07T01:26:21
We talk about the emergence of sedentary lifestyles of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic with the interesting story of Tell Abu Hureyra, before tackling the hugely famous sites of Çatalhöyük and J...
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Vol 1 Ep 16 - The spread of agriculture from 2018-09-30T13:18
The big question to be answered, did farming spread or emerge? We travel to Europe, the Indus Valley, the Far East and the Americas to find the answer.
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Vol 1 Ep 15 - The origin of agriculture from 2018-09-23T01:08:08
We try to unravel the mystery of the human transition from the success of nomadic hunter-gathering, to the laborious risks of sedentary agriculture and farming.
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Vol 1 Ep 14 - SUMMARY - The Paleolithic Age from 2018-09-16T01:48:35
We look at at the previous 13 episodes and explore some of the aspects as yet undiscussed including the changing cultures of Old Europe.
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Vol 1 Ep 13 - Paleolithic art and ritual from 2018-09-09T01:20:47
Red ochre, shark teeth, ostrich eggs, lion men, hand stencils, cannibalism, friendly wolves, ritual burials, animal masks and big buttocks.
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Vol 1 Ep 12 - Hunter-gatherers from 2018-09-02T02:28:46
A look back at our changing diet and the ways and means in which we had to evolve ourselves and our technologies to succeed in the ever changing and differing environments of the world.
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Vol 1 Ep 11 - The spread of Homo sapiens, Part Two from 2018-08-26T01:30:01
Modern humans expand to Japan, America and Europe, but what happened when they met the neanderthals for the final time?
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Vol 1 Ep 10 - The spread of Homo sapiens, Part One from 2018-08-19T01:20:21
This podcast is heading for Australia, stopping at Israel, Denisova, Flores and Wallacea. Please remember to pick up all of your belongings.
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Vol 1 Ep 9 - The origin of Homo sapiens from 2018-08-12T02:07:38
Social media indicates that we love talking about ourselves, so let's do it. Let's talk about ourselves, the modern human, and how it all started from 300,000 years ago in Africa.
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Vol 1 Ep 8 - The ice ages from 2018-08-05T00:26:07
Find out about the geological science behind glaciation studies, the effect that ice ages have had on our ancestors and the story of Napi being chased across Canada by a sixteen thousand tonne quar...
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Vol 1 Ep 7 - The neanderthals from 2018-07-29T00:53:37
The highly anticipated neanderthals, our rugged cousin who appeared to be quite brutish but was surprisingly intelligent. Quite possibly someone who would be up for going to a pub quiz with you.
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Vol 1 Ep 6 - Prehistoric speech and language from 2018-07-22T20:11:41
How is it that we can talk? Why are we the only animal that can successfully produce audio podcasts that can be listened to and understood? And who wants to get to know Washoe the chimpanzee?
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Vol 1 Ep 5 - Lower paleolithic stone tools ( Olduvai Gorge ) from 2018-07-15T14:00:59
Let us put some flesh on the bones of our prehistoric hominin story, and discover what our ancestors created to get carved flesh from the bones of animals. We investigate the technological advances...
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Vol 1 Ep 4 - Homo erectus from 2018-07-08T13:23:20
Homo erectus, as the name would suggest, is the first fully upright human and it was definitely a migratory species. Find out more about the journeys and advancements of human evolution in this ep...
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Vol 1 Ep 3 - Homo habilis from 2018-07-02T21:14:36
Homo habilis is thought to be the first species of human to have lived. Find out who he was and who else lived around him.
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Vol 1 Ep 2 - The australopithecines ( Lucy ) from 2018-06-26T21:12:47
They were alive from around 5 million to 2 million years ago, slowly evolving in East Africa and trying to become human.
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Vol 1 Ep 1 - Introduction to the Prehistoric World from 2018-06-24T21:00:24
This episode introduces the podcast and begins our journey from 66 million years ago through to the first ancestors of modern humans around 6 million years ago.
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