Historia – Nigeria – Nya podcasts
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In The Well at the World's End, Ralph of Upmeads, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, leaves home (where nothing exciting ever happens) without permission and sets out looking for adventure. When he hears rumors of a well that exudes water with magical properties, he is intrigued and begins his quest. Along the way, he travels through various towns and wildernesses and meets -- and is sometimes led astray by -- a host of interesting people including a mysterious knight, a beautiful woman who may be a goddess, a treacherous servant, a brave tavern wench, a barbarian warrior, a solitary sage, and a sadistic king. Book 4 finishes his adventure. - Summary by Kristingj
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Like and Share the Military Historian as he shares stories from service members and those who have seen the tip of the spear and survived!
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This podcast explored the history of the working class and buried voices. We do it for History's Sake.
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More than four thousand years ago, two cities rose along the Indus River valley — Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa — built with a precision and sophistication that still astonishes archaeologists today. These urban centers of the Indus Valley Civilization (2600–1900 BCE) featured grid-like streets, advanced drainage systems, and the iconic Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro, a brick-lined water tank that may have served ritual purification. Lucas and Luna explore the shadowed scripts of the Indus seals, still undeciphered, and debate whether the civilization collapsed due to climate change, river shifts, or Aryan migrations. They examine trade networks stretching to Mesopotamia, the uniformity of weights and measures, and the puzzling absence of monumental palaces or temples. Why did this vast, peaceful society vanish? Did it truly 'decline,' or did it evolve into later South Asian cultures? Each episode sifts through evidence from sites like Dholavira and Rakhigarhi, weighing competing theories with a critical eye. This show is for anyone who has wondered what the world's first planned cities say about human ingenuity — and fragility. Can a civilization be 'ahead of its time' without writing a record we can read?#IndusValleyCivilization #MohenjoDaro #Harappa #AncientIndia #GreatBath #IndusScript #Dholavira #Rakhigarhi #MesopotamiaTrade #UrbanPlanning #BronzeAge #Archaeology #UndecipheredScript #CollapseOfCivilization #SouthAsianHistory #WorldHistory #History #FexingoHistoryKeep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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Industrialismen-ångmaskinen
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Dive into the intricate history of the Union between Norway and Sweden, exploring the political landscape from 1814 to 1905 through a Norwegian lens. This insightful summary by Ærik Bjørnsson sheds light on the events and decisions that shaped this significant chapter in Scandinavian history.
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From the moment Columbus first sighted its verdant peaks in 1494, Jamaica became a crucible of colonial ambition, African resistance, and cultural fusion. This show traces the island's full arc: the brutal Spanish encomienda system that decimated the Taíno people; the 1655 English conquest that transformed Jamaica into a sugar-powered juggernaut; and the Maroon wars, where escaped Africans forged independent communities in the Blue Mountains under leaders like Cudjoe and Nanny. We explore the plantation economy's dependence on enslaved labor, the 1760 Tacky's Rebellion, the 1831 Baptist War (Sam Sharpe's uprising), and the long struggle for emancipation and self-rule. Beyond the sugar and blood, we delve into Jamaica's cultural power: the birth of Rastafari, the global rise of reggae and Bob Marley, and the island's post-independence identity. Lucas and Luna guide these conversations, connecting Kingston's dancehalls to the colonial archives. This is not a tourist's Jamaica—it's the story of a small island that shaped the modern world through resilience, creativity, and defiance. How did a colony built on slavery become a beacon of cultural liberation?#JamaicanHistory #TaNo #Columbus #SpanishColonialism #EnglishConquest #SugarPlantations #Maroons #QueenNanny #Cudjoe #TackysRebellion #BaptistWar #SamSharpe #Emancipation #Rastafari #BobMarley #Reggae #CaribbeanHistory #FexingoHistoryKeep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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Jordan sits at the crossroads of ancient empires, a land where Nabataean merchants, Roman legions, Byzantine monks, and Islamic caliphs all left their mark. This series traces the full arc of Jordan's history — from the Edomite and Moabite kingdoms of the Bronze Age, through the rise of Petra as a Nabataean powerhouse, to its incorporation into the Roman Empire as Arabia Petraea. We explore the Byzantine era with its desert castles and mosaic churches, the Umayyad and Abbasid periods that made the region a hub of trade and pilgrimage, and the Crusader and Ayyubid struggles that shaped its castles. Later episodes cover the Ottoman centuries, the Great Arab Revolt, the British Mandate, and the creation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the strategic importance of the King's Highway, the Dead Sea scrolls, the 1994 peace treaty with Israel, and Jordan's modern role as a regional stabilizer. We ask: how did this small territory become a key player in Middle Eastern politics, and what does its layered past tell us about identity, power, and survival?#JordanHistory #NabataeanKingdom #Petra #ArabiaPetraea #KingHussein #GreatArabRevolt #DeadSea #UmayyadCaliphate #CrusaderCastles #AyyubidDynasty #ByzantineEmpire #OttomanEmpire #BritishMandate #HashemiteKingdom #PeaceTreaty1994 #MiddleEastHistory #History #FexingoHistoryKeep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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Don Quixote is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story in the character of the Morisco historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli, whom he claims to have hired to translate the story from an Arabic manuscript he found in Toledo's bedraggled old Jewish quarter. The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a minor landowner who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Together with his companion Sancho Panza, the self-styled Don Quixote de la Mancha sets out in search of adventures. His "lady" is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object of his courtly love crafted from a neighbouring farm girl by the illusion-struck "knight" (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo, and she is totally unaware of his feelings for her. In addition, she never actually appears in the novel). Published in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at or near the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Join the extraordinary journey of Ida Laura Pfeiffer, an Austrian traveler and one of the pioneering female explorers of her time. In her captivating travel diary, The Womans Journey Around the World, she recounts her remarkable adventures from Vienna to distant lands like Brazil, Chile, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia, and Asia Minor. This book captures the essence of her two groundbreaking trips around the globe, following her earlier explorations of the Holy Land and Iceland. Pfeiffers vivid storytelling and keen observations offer readers a glimpse into the world as it was seen through the eyes of a brave woman who defied societal norms. Experience the thrill of exploration and the beauty of discovery alongside her in this timeless narrative. (Summary by Leni)
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This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English throne in 1327 and ends with the downfall of Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485. By carrying the story of the Hundred Years' War through the Wars of the Roses, Oman portrays this era of battle and plague within the larger context of the dynastic struggles and civil wars which destabilized England and left France vulnerable to invasion and conquest. Summary by Pamela Nagami.
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This is a book by the famous 20th century British philosopher Bertrand Russell on Political Ideals. It was written during the course of World War 1 and contains a critique on the politico economic situation of then Europe. What is interesting is that some of his beliefs are still relevant today. (Summary by Sid)
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In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken presidents in American history. Not only are we privy to the formation of his political ideals, but also to his love of the frontier and the great outdoors. (Summary from Bartleby.com)
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Africa Built - A Podcast on African Technology Business History
With Deep dives on companies building Africa's economyA NotaDeepDive and Fintech is Easy production
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From the 8th to the 13th centuries, the Abbasid Caliphate fostered an unprecedented flourishing of science, philosophy, and culture. In Baghdad's House of Wisdom, scholars like al-Khwarizmi pioneered algebra, while al-Razi advanced medicine and Ibn Sina (Avicenna) synthesized Aristotelian thought with Islamic theology. This era saw the translation and preservation of Greek classics, the development of astrolabes and observatories, and innovations in chemistry, optics, and geography. Philosophers like al-Farabi and Averroes engaged in debates over reason and revelation that echoed through medieval Europe. The show also explores the influence of the Islamic Golden Age on the Renaissance, from the transmission of Arabic numerals to the works of Dante and Thomas Aquinas. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the courts of Harun al-Rashid, the rise of Sufism, and the eventual fragmentation under the Seljuks and Mongols. Why does this era matter today? Because it challenges the narrative of a clash of civilizations, revealing a period of intense cross-cultural exchange, intellectual courage, and scientific progress that shaped the modern world. This is not a tale of decline, but of legacy.#IslamicGoldenAge #AbbasidCaliphate #HouseOfWisdom #AlKhwarizmi #IbnSina #AlRazi #Averroes #AlFarabi #Baghdad #Algebra #Astrolabe #TranslationMovement #Sufism #SeljukEmpire #MongolInvasion #History #WorldHistory #FexingoHistoryKeep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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Julius Caesar’s life is the hinge on which the Roman Republic swung toward autocracy. In this series, Lucas and Luna trace Caesar’s rise from a patrician youth fleeing Sulla’s proscriptions to the conqueror of Gaul, the breaker of the Senate’s will, and the man whose assassination in 44 BCE unleashed a civil war that ended the Republic for good. They explore the pivotal conflicts — the Gallic Wars (58–50 BCE), the crossing of the Rubicon, the brutal sieges of Alesia and Massilia, the decisive battle of Pharsalus against Pompey, and the final campaigns in Egypt, Africa, and Spain. Each episode digs into the political and social forces that enabled Caesar’s ambition: the corruption of the Senate, the power of the populares faction, the land reforms of the Gracchi brothers, the Social War, and the rise of professional armies loyal to generals rather than the state. The hosts also examine Caesar’s controversial reforms — his calendar, his colonization schemes, his clemency policy, and his accumulation of dictatorships — and ask whether he was a visionary or a tyrant. The narrative weaves in key figures like Cicero, Cato, Brutus, Cleopatra, Vercingetorix, and Mark Antony, and touches on Roman military tactics, siege engineering, and the role of religion and propaganda. Why does Caesar still matter? His career set the template for every later strongman who would claim to save a republic by destroying it. Tune in for a conversation as fierce as the Ides of March.#JuliusCaesar #RomanRepublic #GallicWars #Rubicon #Pharsalus #Pompey #Cicero #Brutus #Cleopatra #Vercingetorix #IdesOfMarch #RomanHistory #AncientRome #RomanEmpire #Dictatorship #CivilWar #History #FexingoHistoryKeep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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Discover the timeless wisdom of the Kama Sutra, a seminal text on love and sexual relations that has captivated readers for over 1,400 years. Written by Vatsyayana during a period of deep contemplation, this work delves into the art of sensual gratification and the intricate dynamics between men and women. While it offers insights into the 64 arts of love that promise to enhance desirability, it also explores various male-female relationships and their complexities—some of which may seem outdated, while others remain strikingly relevant today. From the whimsical strategies of courtship to practical advice on navigating romantic entanglements, the Kama Sutra continues to spark curiosity and intrigue for those seeking to understand human sexuality in all its forms. Join us as we unravel the layers of this provocative classic. (Summary by Mark F Smith)
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Die großen Kulturen der Frühzeit waren voller Wunder: Technische Meisterleistungen wie die chinesische Mauer und Stonehenge. Sagenhafte Völker wie die Azteken, die Römer und die Mongolen. Berüchtigte Herrscher:innen wie Kleopatra, Julius Cäsar und Alexander der Große. Menschen, die mit ihren Erfindungen, Entdeckungen, Gedanken und Bauwerken die Welt, in der wir heute leben, nachhaltig geprägt haben.
Willkommen bei „Vergangene Welten“ – dem Podcast, der euch auf eine Zeitreise in die Vergangenheit mitnimmt, um die großen Kulturen der Frühzeit zu entdecken, eine spannende Geschichte nach der anderen.
Eine Produktion von Noiser, erzählt von David Nathan.
Eine Adaption von „Eine kurze Geschichte über…“
Mit Dank an alle Expert:innen, die unsere Geschichten mit ihren lehrreichen Insider-Informationen bereichern.
Produzentin: Annika Hagemann
Recherche & Text: Carolin Sommer
Leitung: Pascal Hughes, Katrina Hughes
Mix/Master: Lukas Weidauer
Musik: Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink
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Uncovering the hidden gems of Africa's past.
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Documenting the important people, places and events of St. Louis' past and future. Plus, anybody worth talking to who may be visiting our fair city.
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