The Ottoman Empire was the successor political entity to the Roman Empire. How did the Ottoman Empire collapse? Why was it the 'sick man of Europe'? How did that end up creating the modern Balkans and the modern Middle East?

#Ottoman Empire

#Balkans

#Middle East

#History

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A look at the history of the Khmer Empire.... 802 - 1431 ... from its establishment all the way through to its end. The great infrastructure projects. Temples among them Angkor Wat. Moden Cambodia.

#Cambodia

#Khmer Empire

#Angkor Wat

#History

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Who are/ were the Aryans/ Aryas? The north Indians, Iranians, Romani? Others? What is the history, language? What is the connection with the Zorostraian beliefs? What is the Aryan Invasion theory?

#Romani

#Roma

#Aryans

#Iran

#India

#History

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About the Native American/ Red Indian/ First Nation tribes of North America and what happened to them. Why does no one talk about them? Was their forced removal by the US government genocide? Are they all in Indian reservations? Who are the Dakota and Cherokee?

#Tribal

#History

#Indian

#Native

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Let's look at the idea of God; worshipping God, why we do it. Is Science better than God... God inspires more violence than science - or maybe not - but Is science a religion now? What about the Atheists?

#God

#Science

#History

PS - recording was undertaken with a dicey cough... lots of editing! Presumably the big, bad Corona. But GOD is helping.

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How did Anti-Semitism start? Was it the Romans, The Christians, Early Christianity was a Jewish sect. Jesus was born and died a Jew in the Roman Empire. Constantine I... was the Roman Emperor who legalised Christian ideas....

#History

#Jesus

#Jews

#Judas

#Chrisians

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History of Time and the traditions of the history of times. Also, look at the end of times. Myths of mass extinction events.

#Time

#History

#Myth

#God

#History

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Geopolitics needs a simple explanation. I often look at maps. In this episode, we try to explain how I look at the basics of international relations, foreign policy and history.

How do you look at the world?

#geopolitics

#history

#international relations

#foreign policy

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The Amazing History of [all things]... CANALS.

The Grand Canal. The Canal of the Pharaoh's, The canals of the United Kingdom, the United States PLUS the Suez and Panama Canals. Evolution of canals during the industrial revolution...

#History

#Canals

#Suez

#Egypt

#Panama

#Industrial Revolution

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Look at Theravāda & Mahāyāna Buddhism... Expansion of Buddhism from the Mauryan Empire - now modern Bihar including Bodh Gaya, Patiputra, Patna and beyond. Look at the impact of Guptas, Ashoka, Kushans and Kaniska, the Greco-Indians, Sri Lanka, China, Tibetian Buddhism, Japan, Korea, Vietnam. Cambodia, Indonesia, The Malays, Thailand and others.

#History

#Buddhism

#Bihar

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