History of the World podcast

Feb 10 2025 349 ep. 40 mins 3.1k
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The incredible story of the human history of the world. Come and join us on this incredible journey! This is the History of the World podcast!!! Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/historyoftheworldpodcast/subscribe

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Vol 4 Ep 86 - The Inca Empire

Feb 10 2025 40 mins  
1200 - 1533 - The mysterious and wonderful Inca demonstrate the peak of South American human development before contact with the Old World, and such is their legacy that important remnants of their culture remain part of the fabric of Peru to this day.

The History of the World podcast debrief - 25th January 2025

Jan 25 2025 40 mins  
A look back on the episode surrounding the Middle Horizon period of pre-Columbian Peru, and we scrutinise the podcast's viability as an impartial source of information.

Vol 4 Ep 85 - The Tiwanaku, the Wari and the Chimor

Jan 20 2025 36 mins  
110 - 1470 - In the centuries leading up to the dominance of the Inca, three notable societies existed in Peruvian lands, all with similiarities but not necessarily a common cause.

The History of the World podcast magazine - 4th January 2025

Jan 04 2025 47 mins  
HISTORY A TO Z (8) - The letter F brings us the First Crusade, Saint Francis of Assisi, Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor) and the Fall of Constantinople.

The History of the World podcast debrief - 28th December 2024

Dec 28 2024 44 mins  
A look back at the episode on the Rapa Nui of Easter Island, plus plenty of discussion about mysteries of the ancient world, the Romans and the Picts among other things on this fresh look debrief episode.

Vol 4 Ep 84 - Easter Island

Dec 21 2024 39 mins  
1200 - 1722 - Understanding the hazy origins of a society isolated in the Pacific Ocean and their motivations and capabilities for creating some of the most iconic stone statues in the history of humankind.

The Maori ( debrief )

Nov 21 2024 15 mins  
Did Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke purposefully wait for the History of the World podcast to get to the Māori episode, before she performed her viral haka in the New Zealand parliament? Some discussion about the Māori episode and also about the podcast itself.

Vol 4 Ep 83 - The Maori ( Māori )

Nov 21 2024 34 mins  
1250 - 1642 - Sometime before the eruption of Tarawera, Polynesians landed on the island group of New Zealand. From there, they developed a culture that would not be discovered for a few centuries, and by which time had cemented themselves as part of the fabric of New Zealand.

Austronesian expansion (debrief)

Nov 03 2024 16 mins  
Discussing the source material and digging deeper into the mysteries surrounding the hesitation of the expansion at the edge of Polynesia. Should we just assume what seems obvious, or could there be deeper reasons?

Vol 4 Ep 82 - Austronesian expansion

Oct 27 2024 45 mins  
3000 BCE - 1250 CE - The story of the population of the Pacific Ocean and beyond, including Indonesia, Philippines, Madagascar, New Guinea, Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii, New Caledonia, Tonga, Samoa, Palau, Easter Island, and the place it all began, Taiwan.