Parthian Empire: Rome's Ghost Rival Known From Coins and Han Envoys
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Parthian Empire ruled from about 247 BC to 224 AD, stretching from modern Turkey to the bord...
23 Okt 24min
Mycenaean Palace Economy: Wool Ledgers, Kiln-Baked Tablets and a Dark Age
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Mycenaean centers of Mycenae, Pylos and Tiryns rose on the Greek mainland in the Late Bronze...
23 Okt 20min
Mexican Revolution: Obregón's Barbed Wire at Celaya and Zapata's Land Grab
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Porfirio Díaz ruled Mexico until 1911 by courting American, British and French capital for railw...
23 Okt 21min
Magna Carta: Clause 61, a Papal Annulment and Edward Coke's Useful Myth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After losing most of his French lands to Philip II in 1204, King John spent a decade squeezing t...
23 Okt 26min
Holy Roman Empire: Translatio Imperii, the Golden Bull and Francis II's End
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1667 Samuel von Pufendorf called the Holy Roman Empire a monstrosity, and Voltaire said it wa...
23 Okt 20min
Gupta Empire: Fa Xian's Travels, Aryabhata's Zero and the Rustless Pillar
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the early fifth century the Chinese Buddhist monk Fa Xian found Gupta India lightly taxed, wi...
23 Okt 21min
Golden Horde: Batu's Gilded Tent, Mongol Census Takers and Sarai Burned
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Genghis Khan gave his eldest son Jochi the westernmost lands, and Jochi's son Batu Khan, with th...
23 Okt 22min
French Revolution: Seven Bastille Prisoners, Assignats and 18 Brumaire
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When Parisians stormed the Bastille on July 14, 1789, they found seven prisoners: four forgers, ...
23 Okt 25min
