Abbasid Caliphate: House of Wisdom, Samarra's Turkic Guard and Iqta
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 747 Abu Muslim raised the black banners in Khorasan, drawing on non-Arab converts, the mawali...
23 Okt 23min
Hanseatic League: Walkout Vetoes, Norway Starved and Copenhagen Sacked
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!For roughly 400 years the Hanseatic League, or Hansa, dominated northern Europe with no king, no...
23 Okt 24min
Viking Age Myths: Polygyny, Varangian Guard Pay and the Thrall Trade
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The horned helmet was a 19th century costume invention for a Wagner opera, and the skull drinkin...
23 Okt 20min
Qing Dynasty: Water Over Ming Fire, the Eight Banners and Puyi's Abdication
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Qing chose a name tied to water to extinguish the Ming, whose name was tied to fire. Nurhaci...
23 Okt 23min
Martin Luther: Thunderstorm Vow, a Staged Kidnapping and 300,000 Pamphlets
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Caught in a lightning storm as a young man, Martin Luther vowed to become a monk if he survived....
23 Okt 21min
Lenin's Sealed Train: Bread Riots, Kerensky's Gamble, a One-Day Assembly
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In April 1917 Germany sent Vladimir Lenin across Europe in a sealed train, hoping he would knock...
23 Okt 23min
Lafayette Escadrille: Lion Cubs, Castor Oil and the Valiant 38 Over Verdun
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In spring 1916, while the United States stayed neutral, ambulance service organizer Dr. Edmund L...
23 Okt 21min
James II: Magdalen College on Its Knees, Seven Bishops and a Melted Army
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!James II inherited the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in February 1685 with a complian...
23 Okt 20min
