The Maya Civilization
Centuries before the arrival of Europeans, one of the greatest civilizations in the Americas rose and fell. They left behind them a rich legacy of roads and construction. They had a system of writing...
25 Juli 202313min
The History of Wine
For thousands of years, wine has been one of the most important beverages in the world. It has been consumed by common folk and by emperors, and it can be made in a surprisingly wide variety of geogr...
24 Juli 202314min
The Battle of Midway
In June 1942, American and Japanese naval forces squared off in what was to become a decisive naval battle of the war in the Pacific. The fleets, dominated by aircraft carriers, met just off the coas...
23 Juli 202313min
The Discovery of Fire (Encore)
When we think of what made human beings into human beings, one of the first things which come up is the discovery of fire. The control and use of fire is one of the earliest things which our ancestors...
22 Juli 20239min
The Elevator (Encore)
Some of the things we use every day were invented in the distant past. Other things were invented quite recently. However, there is a category of inventions that have been known forever, but no one e...
21 Juli 202310min
Why Isn’t the West Indies a Single Country? (Encore)
If you have ever looked at a map of the Caribbean, you might have noticed that the tiny islands in the Lesser Antilles consist of a whole bunch of tiny, independent countries. All of these countries ...
20 Juli 202311min
The Battle of Yarmouk (Encore)
From August 15 to August 20, in the year 636, one of the most important battles in history took place. The participants in the battle couldn’t have known it, but the results of that battle would shap...
19 Juli 202310min
The Galapagos Island (Encore)
Located approximately 560 miles or 900 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador lies a chain of islands that are like no other in the world. These islands have been instrumental to our understanding of bo...
18 Juli 202312min
