The History of Mankind

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From the very beginning, and I mean the very very beginning and all the way to where we are now - and where we may be going - in just a few episodes: the History of us, men.

  1. 1d ago

    History of Mankind - Episode 17 - Was World War 2 a World War

    In this episode we look at World War 2 and ask ourselves if indeed it was a World War. Then we look at various aspects of the war, for instance when it really started, which in our opinion was much earlier than 1939.

    20 min

  2. May 31

    History of Mankind - Episode 16 - The Interwar Years

    Hello in this episode we shall look at the interwar years, including the Spanish Flu, hyper inflation in Germany, the crash of the stock market at genocide in the Crimea.

    19 min

  3. May 24

    History of Mankind - Episode 15 - World War 1

    In this episode we cover World War 1 including Gallipoli and the Versailles Treaty. But we begin with time.

    17 min

  4. May 17

    History of Mankind - Episode 14 - Napoleon and beyond

    Hello again. In this episode we discuss Napoleon, especially Waterloo. Beyond Napoleon, we have a look at the industrial and agricultural revolutions that followed in his wake.

    20 min

  5. May 10

    History of Mankind - Episode 13 - Democracy

    Hello here in this somewhat shorter episode we will have a look at heliocentrism, deforestation of Europe, and the French Revolution.

    10 min

  6. May 3

    The History of Mankind - Episode 12 - The Renaissance

    In this somewhat longer podcast we shall look at the Renaissance, the discovery of the Americas, try to understand why the United States were so successful. Finally, we need to study slavery and colonialism.

    27 min

  7. Apr 26

    The History of Mankind - Episode 11 - The Dark Ages

    In this episode we look at the dark ages, which were not really all that dark. We have unpleasant visits from the Mongols, but we also adopt the numeric system and the episode ends with the Black Death

    18 min

  8. Apr 19

    History of Mankind - Episode 10 - the early Empires

    In this podcast we shall discover the early Empires, starting with the Persian Empire all the way up to the Roman Empire. We shall also look at morals of the past.

    13 min
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