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By Chris Hasler

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12.11.2023

UNLIKELY VICTORIES (2) - In this edition of the magazine we look back at some of history's victories in battle against the odds. Clontarf (1014), Legnano (1176), Rio Salado (1340) and Agincourt (1415).

History of the World podcast episodes:

12.11.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 11th December 2023 UNLIKELY VICTORIES (2) - In this edition of the magazine we look back at some of history's victories in battle against the odds. Clontarf (1014), Legnano (1176), Rio Salado (1340) and Agincourt (1415).
12.04.2023 Vol 4 Ep 63 - Three Kingdoms of Korea 8000 BCE - 668 CE - Before Korea was unified by the Kingdom of Silla in the seventh century, a number of polities vied for position both in and north of the Korean peninsula, overseen closely by the societies of ...
11.27.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 27th November 2023 UNLIKELY VICTORIES (1) - In this edition of the magazine we look back at some of history's victories in battle against the odds. Salamis (480BCE), Zela (47BCE) and Edington (878)
11.20.2023 Vol 4 Ep 62 - The Ashikaga Shogunate 1333 - 1573 - We march forward in our Japanese story from the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate as we recognise the rise of a new shogunate which would see challenges to its authority consistently throughout its tenure.
11.16.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 16th November 2023 This week's journey back in time will take us to the iconic Crusader Battle of Arsuf, the apogees of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Roman Empire and to the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
11.02.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 2nd November 2023 This podcast episode of the magazine takes a closer look at Ötzi the Iceman, the Roman Emperor Vaspasian, the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in the United States and the Ayyubid Sultan, Saladin. There is also a "state of the ...
10.16.2023 Vol 4 Ep 61 - Kamakura Japan 1185 - 1333 - The Kamakura period of Japanese history saw a time when a military regime took control of the nation, and were subject to the first international invasion of the Japanese islands.
10.09.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 10th October 2023 Join us on this busy little tour of history where we will be visiting the pre-historic village of Çatalhöyük, the affluent times in the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Battle of Actium which directly involved the famous Egyptian ...
09.26.2023 Vol 4 Ep 60 - BATTLE - The Battle of Dan-no-ura ( 1185 ) 1185 - Tension between the clans during the Heian period of Japanese history was reaching boiling point particularly after the Taira clan had expelled the Minamoto from the capital city of Heian-kyu (Kyoto). The result was the outbreak of the ...
09.16.2023 Vol 4 Ep 59 - Heian Japan 794 - 1180 - We are covering the period of Japan's history from the relocation of the capital city to Heian-kyō up to the outbreak of the Genpei War.
09.05.2023 Vol 4 Ep 58 - Ancient Japan 40000 BCE - 794 CE - We haven't studied Japan in too much detail until now, so it is necessary for us to introduce the story of the islands from the very beginning.
09.01.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 1st September 2023 This week's magazine episode takes us back to pre-historic Europe when modern humans met the neanderthals, ancient Mesoamerica where we encounter the Olmecs, Classical Rome where we study the early years of the life of Julius Caesar, and the story ...
08.21.2023 Vol 4 Ep 57 - The Delhi Sultanate 1206 - 1526 - After the Ghurids crossed the Khyber Pass, Islam fast became a major religion of the Indian subcontinent, adding to the cultural diversity of these lands, but would this change be short lived or permanent?
08.16.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 16th August 2023 In this week's episode we look back on the mysterious Mitochondrial Eve, the mysterious Xia dynasty of ancient China, and the not so mysterious Battle of Carrhae between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Persian Empire.
08.08.2023 Vol 4 Ep 56 - The Cholas 848 - 1070 - From humble beginnings in the far south, the Chola initially took advantage of territorial expansion before taking to the seas and establishing more power away from mainland India. This episode plots the rise and fall of ...
08.08.2023 The Cholas (debrief) Any opportunity for everybody to enjoy a debrief episode where we talk in further depth about the experience of making this episode and some of the sources used to get it done.
07.30.2023 SPECIAL - Historiography This episode essentially talks about the history of history writing, and what history writing has meant for the wider world over the timelines of history itself.
07.25.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 25th July 2023 In this week's magazine episode, we will be looking at what chimpanzees can teach us about how our ancestral species communicated with each other, we will be examining the artistry of the Indus Valley Civilisation, and we will be looking ...
07.18.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 18th July 2023 In this week's magazine we look back at Europe as the Western Roman Empire fell, the Battle of Cannae when Hannibal's Carthaginians met the Romans in battle, the fantastic story of the Trojan War, and how to make your own ...
07.10.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 10th July 2023 In this episode, we'll be looking back at the paleoanthropologist Eugene Dubois; the relationship between the Mycenaeans and the Minoans; the incredible journey of Hannibal across the Alps; and the rise and fall of the Macedonian Empire.
07.03.2023 SPECIAL - The History of Thailand The complete journey from the beginnings of human occupation right through to the aftermath of the death of King Rama IX, and everything in between. We explore the reasons why Thailand has such a unique identity but also how it ...
06.26.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 26th June 2023 The History of the World podcast is five years old, so we go back and listen to an excerpt from the first ever episode, as well as looking at the modern evolution of writing, the enigmatic King Pyrrhus of Epirus ...
06.19.2023 SPECIAL - Easy Company 1942 - 1945 - Easy Company were such a closely knit unit of men, that they have been referred to as a "band of brothers", a phrase inspired by the writing of William Shakespeare. Follow the Second World War story ...
06.12.2023 SPECIAL - Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1532 - 1624 - With the advent of transatlantic seafaring came the opportunity for Spain to become great. Queen Elizabeth I of England wanted to limit Spanish power and so she would grant her greatest naval commanders a free reign, ...
06.05.2023 The History of the World podcast Magazine - 5th June 2023 Unscripted (52) - In this episode of the podcast, we look back at the day of the Battle of Hastings in England in 1066, the incredible geoglyphic creations of the Nazca cultures of Ancient Peru, the amazing life of the ...
05.29.2023 SPECIAL - The Pre-Columbian Mound Builders of North America 800 BCE - 1750 CE - This episode serves as a general overview of the archaeological cultures of North America and their connections to each other, as we learn more about the type of people who were living in the ...
05.08.2023 Unscripted (51) ( Retrospective special ) Join us on this journey back in time to New Kingdom Egypt, Ptolemaic Egypt, Classical World China, and medieval Iceland.
04.24.2023 Vol 4 Ep 55 - SUMMARY - Medieval Europe, Part Two 1000 - 1453 - The modern countries of Europe were beginning to evolve and mature as they jostled for lands and superiority over one another. Underpinning the status of the new nations was the influence of religion with the Papacy ...
04.17.2023 Vol 4 Ep 54 - SUMMARY - Medieval Europe, Part One 600 - 1085 - The modern nations of Europe begin to emerge as populations civilise, populate and Christianise. The Papacy becomes central to European politics.
04.10.2023 Vol 4 Ep 53 - BATTLE - The Battle of Kutná Hora ( 1421 ) 1421 - The execution of Jan Hus caused rebellion in the Kingdom of Bohemia, when early Protestants against the Catholic Church rallied to send a message to the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope. This battle is a part of ...
04.03.2023 Vol 4 Ep 52 - BATTLE - The Battle of Grunwald ( 1410 ) 1410 - The Christianisation of the states of north-east Europe left the Teutonic Order with no neighbouring nations to conduct military missions against. As the relatively new nations of Poland and Lithuania tried to establish their status, the Teutonic Order ...
03.27.2023 BONUS - The Ancient World Cup Final A special preview of the Ancient World Cup Final between the Ancient Egyptians and The Romans
03.20.2023 Vol 4 Ep 51 - BATTLE - The Battle on the Ice ( 1242 ) 1242 - Paganism remained dominant in the north-east corner of Europe, but the race to convert the natives brought the Western Catholic Crusaders into conflict with the Eastern Orthodox Russians. The resulting conflict took place on the surface of a ...
03.13.2023 Vol 4 Ep 50 - The Siege of Orléans and Joan of Arc 1415 - 1431 - The incredible story of how a young peasant girl managed to convince the French royal court to show a more aggressive attitude to the wars in France and how it was able to turn the tables ...
03.06.2023 Unscripted (50) ( Retrospective special ) Something completely new for the History of the World podcast. While we wait for the new episode, we revive some of the great stories that we have already told in years gone by. Plus the result of the first semi-final ...
02.27.2023 Vol 4 Ep 49 - BATTLE - The Battle of Agincourt ( 1415 ) 1415 - King Henry V of England was committed to targetting the French and launched an attack on France to reclaim lost lands and take the hand of the French king's daughter. Henry would actually end up in a race ...
02.20.2023 Vol 4 Ep 48 - BATTLE - The Battle of Crécy ( 1346 ) 1346 - All of the male descedants of King Philip IV of France had died out, apart from one, King Edward III of England. The French would find a way to avoid crowning Edward in favour of a cousin and ...
02.13.2023 Vol 4 Ep 47 - The Hundred Years' War 1337 - 1453 - The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France and their ruling dynasties, the Plantagenets and the Capetians. This is a whistle-stop tour of the main events that shaped ...
02.06.2023 Vol 4 Ep 46 - The Black Death 1346 - 1353 - It was not the first time that the bubonic plague had hit Eurasia, but this time nobody could have expected the sudden and relentless wave of devastation that affected all of the nations of Europe, North ...
01.30.2023 Vol 4 Ep 45 - BATTLE - The Battle of Bannockburn ( 1314 ) 1314 - After the death of King Edward I of England, the Hammer of the Scots, the self proclaimed Scottish king, Robert the Bruce started a campaign of seizing Scottish castles garrisoned by the English. When Stirling Castle was about ...
01.23.2023 Vol 4 Ep 44 - The First War of Scottish Independence 1290 - 1314 - A series of tragedies left the comparatively stable Scottish monarchy in disarray leading to the opportunistic King Edward I of England attempting to enforce overlordship on the Scots. William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in particular ...
01.16.2023 Vol 4 Ep 43 - Magna Carta 1166 - 1216 - The events and actions of the reign of King John of England brought about the circumstances from which the highest members of English society sought to challenge the king's authority and lay down some legal terms ...
01.10.2023 Vol 4 Ep 42a - The Emirate of Granada 1230 - 1492 - The story of the last nation of Al-Andalus is the story of the Emirate of Granada. We determine how it was formed and the sequence of events that led to its destruction.
01.09.2023 Vol 4 Ep 42 - BATTLE - The Battle of Río Salado ( 1340 ) 1340 - The Muslim taifas of the Iberian peninsula had all been reconquered apart from Granada. A new threat now emerged from North Africa with ambitions of creating a foothold in the peninsula and taking control of the Strait of ...
01.05.2023 Unscripted (49) News about the next proper episode of the podcast and a catch up with some of the e-mails and reviews.
12.26.2022 Unscripted (48) ( Boxing Day ) Another festive catch up and an opportunity to discuss the notion of Boxing Day and a bit about its traditional history.
12.25.2022 Unscripted (47) ( Christmas Day ) A long awaited catch up with Chris on Christmas Day, with a little look into the whole tradition of Christmas Day and why it even exists as it does.
12.12.2022 Unscripted (46) ( Strangers ) In this week's unscripted episode, we'll be discussing why there are unscripted episodes at all, we'll be answering History of the World podcast illuminati member, Corben Havener's question about when prehistoric tribes became big enough that not all individual members ...
12.05.2022 Vol 4 Ep 41 - BATTLE - The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ( 1212 ) 1212 - A new wave of powerful Berber Muslims called the Almohads controlled southern Spain. Castilian raids into Almohad territory brought the Almohad army from Africa, and their aggression caused the Pope to call for a crusade which climaxed with ...
11.28.2022 Vol 4 Ep 40 - Reconquista, the Early Years ( El Cid ) 711 - 1102 - The Christianised Visigothic Kingdom was invaded and conquered by the Islamic Caliphate. The remnants of the Visigoths went north into the mountains and began the process of reconquest (reconquista), to bring the Iberian Peninsula back under ...

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History of the World podcast episodes:

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 11th December 2023

Vol 4 Ep 63 - Three Kingdoms of Korea

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 27th November 2023

Vol 4 Ep 62 - The Ashikaga Shogunate

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 16th November 2023

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 2nd November 2023

Vol 4 Ep 61 - Kamakura Japan

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 10th October 2023

Vol 4 Ep 60 - BATTLE - The Battle of Dan-no-ura ( 1185 )

Vol 4 Ep 59 - Heian Japan

Vol 4 Ep 58 - Ancient Japan

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 1st September 2023

Vol 4 Ep 57 - The Delhi Sultanate

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 16th August 2023

Vol 4 Ep 56 - The Cholas

The Cholas (debrief)

SPECIAL - Historiography

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 25th July 2023

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 18th July 2023

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 10th July 2023

SPECIAL - The History of Thailand

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 26th June 2023

SPECIAL - Easy Company

SPECIAL - Elizabethan Sea Dogs

The History of the World podcast Magazine - 5th June 2023

SPECIAL - The Pre-Columbian Mound Builders of North America

Unscripted (51) ( Retrospective special )

Vol 4 Ep 55 - SUMMARY - Medieval Europe, Part Two

Vol 4 Ep 54 - SUMMARY - Medieval Europe, Part One

Vol 4 Ep 53 - BATTLE - The Battle of Kutná Hora ( 1421 )

Vol 4 Ep 52 - BATTLE - The Battle of Grunwald ( 1410 )

BONUS - The Ancient World Cup Final

Vol 4 Ep 51 - BATTLE - The Battle on the Ice ( 1242 )

Vol 4 Ep 50 - The Siege of Orléans and Joan of Arc

Unscripted (50) ( Retrospective special )

Vol 4 Ep 49 - BATTLE - The Battle of Agincourt ( 1415 )

Vol 4 Ep 48 - BATTLE - The Battle of Crécy ( 1346 )

Vol 4 Ep 47 - The Hundred Years' War

Vol 4 Ep 46 - The Black Death

Vol 4 Ep 45 - BATTLE - The Battle of Bannockburn ( 1314 )

Vol 4 Ep 44 - The First War of Scottish Independence

Vol 4 Ep 43 - Magna Carta

Vol 4 Ep 42a - The Emirate of Granada

Vol 4 Ep 42 - BATTLE - The Battle of Río Salado ( 1340 )

Unscripted (49)

Unscripted (48) ( Boxing Day )

Unscripted (47) ( Christmas Day )

Unscripted (46) ( Strangers )

Vol 4 Ep 41 - BATTLE - The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ( 1212 )

Vol 4 Ep 40 - Reconquista, the Early Years ( El Cid )