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When Did Things Happen in the Ancient World? Interview with Professor Sturt Manning
Season 4 Episode 60
We can’t understand the past without understanding when things happened, because if we can’t place them in some sort of chronological order, we can’t understand the relationship between them. But how…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Mycenaean Greece and Minoan Crete
Season 4 Episode 59
The Late Bronze Age was a remarkable time in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. An interconnected world sprang up, tying together the lands from Greece and Crete in the west all the way to …
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World: Interview with Economist Duncan Weldon
Season 4 Episode 58
It’s not an exaggeration to say that the whole of human history can be divided into two parts: before the Industrial Revolution, and after. Economist Duncan Weldon joins me to talk about the Industri…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
The Early Aegean Bronze Age and Minoan Crete
Season 4 Episode 57
From mainland Greece to Minoan Crete and the famous city of Troy, what made the Aegean Sea one of the constituent pieces of the Bronze Age world? All of these cities are linked, not just by their pro…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Mike Duncan on the Marquis de Lafayette and His New Book, Hero of Two Worlds
Season 4 Episode 56
Bestselling author and history podcaster extraordinaire Mike Duncan returns to Tides to talk about his new book, Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. It’s a wonderfu…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Sargon of Akkad and the World's First Empire
Season 4 Episode 55
More than 4,000 years ago, a ruler came to power in the fractious, war-torn lands of Mesopotamia. He ruled a small state north of the region's ancient heartland, a place called Akkad, but over the co…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Mike Duncan and Patrick in Conversation at Powell's Books: "The Verge," Ancient Rome, and Doing History
Season 4 Episode 54
To mark the release of Patrick's book The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World, he did a virtual event with Powell's Bookstore in Portland, hosted by history podcaste…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Colonies and the Quest for Resources in Early Modern Europe: Interview with Dr. Keith Pluymers
Season 4 Episode 53
Friend of the Show Dr. Keith Pluymers returns to tell us about how people thought about and fought over resources, especially wood, in early modern England. Scarcity, Keith argues, is more about perc…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Cities, States, and Living in Ancient Mesopotamia
Season 4 Episode 52
We're often told that ancient Mesopotamia was the "Cradle of Civilization," but what made the region stand out in comparison to its neighbors and contemporaries? More than anything else, it was livin…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
"The Verge" Audiobook Sneak Peak: Mercenaries and the Military Revolution
Season 4 Episode 51
Listen to an exclusive sneak peak of Patrick's book, The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World, which comes out today, July 20th! This chapter looks at the one-armed G…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago