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Episode 250: Rooms Full of Gold
Season 1 Episode 250
Atahualpa promises Pizarro rooms full of gold in the hope of getting the conquistador to leave. Little does he realize, in the Sixteenth Century sate…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 249: Atahualpa and Pizarro
Season 1 Episode 249
In another of those history-making meetings of two cultures, Pizarro and Atahualpa finally come face to face. Against overwhelming odds, Pizarro succ…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 248: Atahualpa
Season 1 Episode 248
Last time I introduced Francisco Pizarro. Today we bring Atahualpa onto our board. He will be the Incan Emperor at the time of Pizarro's conquest. Bu…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 247: Francisco Pizarro
Season 1 Episode 247
Today we introduce our Conquistador: Francisco Pizarro. Pizarro hears rumors of a great and wealthy Native American empire to the south: Peru. After …
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 246: The Inca
Season 1 Episode 246
Today we look more closely at the Inca political and military structure. These two aspects of the Incan Empire will be crucial to understand how Pizz…
3 years, 2 months ago
Western Civ 2.0: Macedonia
Here is a sneak peek of the kind of things I get to do on Western Civ 2.0. This feed is available in two ways: Patreon and Glow. (Note: With Glow the…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
Season 1
Today I sit down with Historian Martyn Rady and discuss his latest book: The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe. This is a sweeping, su…
3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 245: People of the Andes
Season 1 Episode 243
Today we pivot again and travel further south to the land of the Inca. Long before Pizzaro arrived, the people of the Andes built a miraculous civili…
3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 244: Aftermath
Season 1 Episode 244
With Tenochtitlan conquered, Cortés tries to figure out how to make New Spain work.
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3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 243: The Battle for Tenochtitlan
Season 1 Episode 243
Cortés returns to Tenochtitlan and finally forces the great city into submission, effectively ending Old Mexico.
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3 years, 3 months ago