026 - Sailing Advice from Hesiod, the Farmer-Poet

026 - Sailing Advice from Hesiod, the Farmer-Poet

At long last we make first contact with the Greeks! Today we try to cover the earliest periods of Greek colonization and expansion into the central Mediterranean. Hesiod's writings can give us some insight into the socio-economic conditions in Greece proper, the conditions that spurred the colonization of the 9th and 8th centuries BCE. Early Greek colonies in the Levant connected them with the goods and ideas of the east, flowing west as far is Pithecusae, the oldest Greek settlement west of Greece. From there the colonization really picked up, with settlements being established along the sea-road back toward Greece. We finish our episode by looking at multiple ship depictions on Attic pottery found around the Mediterranean. We try to suss out whether some of these depict galleys or biremes, but the bottom line is the transition to biremes and triremes happened during the colonization phase. By the end today we will have set the stage for the conflicts between trade powers in the central Med, conflicts that will be our focus in coming episodes.

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028 - Unlocking the Pontus Euxinus

028 - Unlocking the Pontus Euxinus

In today's installment, we'll tell a tale of two cities in one sense. The age of colonization in Greece had an early leader in the island of Euboea, but as the Euboeans were stretched thin, Corinth an...

31 Tammi 20171h 3min

Halloween Ep. 2.0 - Manuscript Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe

Halloween Ep. 2.0 - Manuscript Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe

Welcome to our second annual Halloween special here at the Maritime History Podcast. This year I opted for a nautical tale by the ever-popular American author of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Some peo...

31 Loka 201636min

027 - Odysseus Builds a Boat

027 - Odysseus Builds a Boat

Today we fill in some gaps concerning Greek colonization, looking first at the founding of colonies along the eastern coast of Sicily. The Greeks colonized by force more so than did the Phoenicians, s...

30 Loka 201659min

025 - Carthage: A New (City) Hope

025 - Carthage: A New (City) Hope

This week we follow the fleeing Elissa, princess of Tyre, to Qart-ḥadašt, the "New City" that would come into wider fame as Carthage. We start with some talk of the mythical founding of Carthage, some...

15 Heinä 201651min

024 - Go West, O Tyre, Go West

024 - Go West, O Tyre, Go West

This week we follow the Phoenicians to the western extremity of their trade network and colonization. While it is difficult to paint a chronological picture of when each colony was established, the ci...

17 Kesä 20161h 1min

023 - Setting Up Shop in the Central Med

023 - Setting Up Shop in the Central Med

The Phoenicians are now on the move, pushing the scope of our podcast to the west. While they were mainly concerned with expanding their access to natural resources like copper, iron, and silver, they...

4 Touko 201647min

022 - Rise of the Phoenicians

022 - Rise of the Phoenicians

The Phoenicians have finally arrived on the historical stage, at least as our humble podcast is concerned. In today's episode, we look at their place in the post-Bronze Age world, along with the rise ...

2 Huhti 201648min

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