019_HIS101_When in Rome Edition_Roman geography and politics
Divisions of Italy between Gauls, Etruscans, Latins and Greeks determined much of Rome's future. Here we discussed how Rome dealt with being surrounded and how it ended up creating the Republic.
17 Okt 201737min
018_HIS101_greek philosophy
Episode Notes Socrates, Plato, Aristotle Oh My!
13 Okt 201742min
017_HIS101_greek wars
Episode Notes We discuss the Persian and the Peloponnesian Wars and their effects on Ancient Greece.
13 Okt 201730min
016_HIS 101_greek geography
Episode Notes Mountains and the Sea. Isolation and Connection.
13 Okt 201734min
015_It gets worse before it gets better Edition
Episode Notes After Solomon, the wheels fall off the wagon. There's a bitter breakup, Assyria shows up, and then babylon comes a calling. But we find a culutre capable of surviving terrible traumas ...
27 Sep 201722min
014_Phenominal Cosmic Power, Ity Bity Living Space Edition
Episode Notes Little episode. We invent the concept of one super duper God and then explain why bad things happen to good people. While we are at it - we explain the nature of the universe, kill alm...
27 Sep 20171h 8min
013_Rollin' Like Moses Edition
Episode Notes Settling down in the land of milk and honey brought advantages and disadvantages. We discuss early Hebrew culture and the effects of geography on a kingdom stuck between Egypt and Babyl...
27 Sep 201735min
012_I Need a Hero! Ahmose Edition
Episode Notes The New Kingdom rose from the trauma of the Middle Kingdom. It needed a hero and got one. It needed an army and built one. It even got a Ramsses II - Shelley's Ozymandias and blessed ...
25 Sep 201720min
