Épisodes

  • 3.15 Back to the Stone Age
    Aug 26 2025

    Now really the final episode of the series...

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    24 min
  • 3.14 (final) The Bronze Age and its Collapse
    Aug 6 2025

    This is the final episode of the series. And maybe of the entire podcast too. Want to stay informed if and when a new episode comes out, then best include History of Asia in your library.


    Thank you all for listening, I hope you enjoyed it.

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    25 min
  • 3.12. Iron Age Assyria. The most cruel empire in history?
    Mar 23 2025

    We talk about Assyria (and to a lesser extent Babylonia) during the Iron Age.

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    38 min
  • Short announcement
    Mar 23 2025

    Just a short explanation why it takes me ever longer to get out episodes. Sorry for the wait.

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    7 min
  • 3.11. The Umayyads. ‘l’union fait la force’ or ‘divide and rule’?
    Nov 13 2024

    The Germanic peoples and the Arabs were in a similar condition when they took over their respective parts of Roman territory. A century after they did, the West lived through the Dark Ages, while the East entered a Golden Age. What explains this? In this episode, we try to find out.

    Most important (extra) sources for the episode (for general list see 3.1):

    LEWIS D.L. God’s Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215. Norton, 2009, 522 p.

    BORRUT A., COBB P.M., Umayyad Legacies. Medieval Memories from Syria to Spain. Brill Academic Pub. 2010, 528 p.


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    1 h et 2 min
  • 3.10 The Islamic Golden Age
    Aug 27 2024

    In terms of scientific output, Muslim majority countries are currently behind the curve. Many people blame Islam itself. One of the best counterarguments to this, is that Islam was in many ways responsible for the fact that in the Middle Ages, Iraq, Syria and other Muslim regions were way ahead of the pack in many ways.

    Hope you enjoy the episode.


    Main (additional) sources for the episode: Al-Khalili, Jim. De bibliotheek van Bagdad : de bloei van de Arabische wetenschap en de wedergeboorte van de Westerse beschaving⁠

    Lyons, Jonathan. Het huis der wijsheid : hoe Arabieren de westerse beschaving hebben beïnvloed.



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    1 h et 1 min
  • 3.9. The Ottomans. True survivors
    Jun 27 2024

    We talk about the Ottoman empire. They survived for over 6 centuries. What is their secret?

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    1 h et 2 min
  • 3.8. The sick man and his strong medicine
    Apr 21 2024

    This episode is about the later stages of the Ottoman period, with the focus on Syria and especially Iraq.


    Most important sources for the episode (for more specific info you can e-mail me):

    Yitzhak Nakash - The Shi'is of Iraq

    TRIPP C. Irak: een geschiedenis ANSCOMBE F.F. State, faith, and nation in Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Lands BAYLY C.A. The Birth of the modern world 1780-1914.

    DALE S. The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals MCDOWAN D. A modern history of the Kurds MCHUGO J. Syria a recent history. SIMONS G., BENN T. Iraq: from Sumer to Saddam.

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    37 min