S2:E3 – Yuan, Ming and Qing China - The Struggle to Define China
Episode Notes We discuss the trauma of the Mongol Conquest // China's incorporation into Mongol Asia // Ming Revolution, Zheng HE's explorations // The Great Wall and Turning Inward // Little vs Big...
8 Syys 202141min
S2:E2 – A Cook's Tour of the World in 1450
Episode Notes We tour the world to find the state of political and cultural power in 1450 // Who has the ability to conquer the world? Who has the will? Who has the geographic and cultural advantage...
8 Syys 202134min
S2:E1 – Introduction to Season 2 - Who Wants to Rule the World
Episode Notes Season 2: The World From 1450 to 2000 // We start with the concept of Conquering the World because that is what is going to happen in this Season. www.christophergennari.com
8 Syys 20219min
S1:E33 – Art - Breakthroughs and Reform in Renaissance Europe
Episode Notes Symbolism // Religion // Representation // Perspective // Proportion // The Classical World Recreated // Movement-Biology-Medicine and the New World of Knowledge
7 Syys 202123min
S1:E32 – Culture, Education and Gender in the European Middle Ages
Episode Notes Women's Roles in Urban and Rural Europe // Education and Trust: It is Known // Universities, Priests, and Plato //
7 Syys 20211h 1min
S1:E31 – Vikings Assault Europe and Create a New World
Episode Notes The Swedes Attack the East, the Danes and Norse Attack the West, the Roman World Breaks up // The Norse settle in France and Sicily and go on Crusade // The Atlantic World is Tied Togeth...
6 Syys 202137min
S1:E30 – The Last Ride of the Nomadic Armies - Mongols Conquer the World
Episode Notes The Last Ride of the Nomad Conquerors // The Superiority of the Mongol Armies // The Disaster for Civilization // The Breakup of the Mongol World // Terror as Legitimacy
6 Syys 202146min
S1:E29 – The Empires of the Caliphate
Episode Notes The Stages of Islamic Caliphate and the Consequences of Revolution // the Breakup of Islam // Sunni vs Shia // The Defeat at Constantinople and the Murder of the Umayyad // The Building...
6 Syys 202158min
