24 episodes
Yesterday Meets Today: Themes Throughout History Spenser
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Explore the themes connecting the past, from the ancient all the way to today. Each month we'll examine a new theme, focusing on a different society and time in history each week before bringing the connections together with our own more recent history in the final week of the month. Together we'll discover that the we're more connected to the times and societies of the past than we knew.
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Beyond the Horizon: Age of Exploration
We explore the time when Europe set out to explore the Atlantic and the Americas, focusing mainly on answering that question about who completed the first circumnavigation. We also look at a little of what the Vikings accomplished prior to this time period.
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Beyond the Horizon: Han and Tang Dynasties
We take a look into two explorers from China, one from the Han Dynasty and the other from the Tang Dynasty. Two explorers separated by centuries, but still connected.
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Beyond the Horizon: Greece, Rome, & Carthage
As explorers ourselves, we begin looking at explorations throughout history starting with the ancient world. Greece, Rome, and Carthage each feature along with several reasons why explorers go off towards the horizon.
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Marriage: Love, Law, Lineage: The Ancient World
We explore some of the oldest records we have for marriage. This begins in Mesopotamia. 4,000 years ago and continues through Greece and Rome.
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Renewal & Rebirth: Analysis and Connections
In the final episode of our first theme in 2021, which took a definite shift towards New Year's celebrations, we explore our theme in the United States and connect it to other areas we explored. We'll explore both New Year's celebrations and our initial theme as well as another look at the phoenix.
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Renewal & Rebirth: India
This week we go to India and explore the festivals Nowruz and Holi. We'll trace the origins of Nowruz, the legends behind Holi, and other topics as we continue looking for examples of our theme.