A Journey into Human History

A podcast by Miranda Casturo

Categories:

History

131 Episodes

  1. Islamization and Religious Rule under Islam

    Published: 9/6/2023

  2. The Arab-Islamic Conquests and the First Islamic States

    Published: 9/4/2023

  3. The Rise and Message of Islam

    Published: 9/1/2023

  4. The Margins of Empire

    Published: 8/30/2023

  5. The Kingdoms of Aksum and Himyar

    Published: 8/28/2023

  6. The Byzantine Empire and Persia

    Published: 8/25/2023

  7. The Eastward Shift

    Published: 8/23/2023

  8. North Africa’s Mediterranean and Trans-Saharan Connections

    Published: 8/21/2023

  9. The Kingdom of Kush

    Published: 8/18/2023

  10. The Emergence of Farming and the Bantu Migrations

    Published: 8/16/2023

  11. Africa’s Geography and Climate

    Published: 8/14/2023

  12. The Age of Empires in the Americas

    Published: 8/11/2023

  13. Early Cultures and Civilizations in the Americas

    Published: 8/9/2023

  14. Populating and Settling the Americas

    Published: 8/7/2023

  15. The Regions of Rome

    Published: 8/4/2023

  16. Religion in the Roman Empire

    Published: 8/2/2023

  17. The Roman Economy: Trade, Taxes, and Conquest

    Published: 7/31/2023

  18. Slavery in the Roman Empire

    Published: 7/28/2023

  19. The Daily Life of a Roman Family

    Published: 7/26/2023

  20. The Age of Augustus

    Published: 7/24/2023

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Welcome to a journey into human history. This podcast will attempt to tell the whole human story. You may be asking yourself what is history? Is it simply a record of things people have done? Is it what writer Maya Angelou suggested—a way to meet the pain of the past and overcome it? Or is it, as Winston Churchill said, a chronicle by the victors, an interpretation by those who write it? History is all this and more. Above all else, it is a path to knowing why we are the way we are—all our greatness, all our faults—and therefore a means for us to understand ourselves and change for the better. But history serves this function only if it is a true reflection of the past. It cannot be a way to mask the darker parts of human nature, nor a way to justify acts of previous generations. It is the historian’s task to paint as clear a picture as sources will allow. Will history ever be a perfect telling of the human tale? No. There are voices we may never hear. Yet each new history book written and each new source uncovered reveal an ever more precise record of events around the world. You are about to take a journey into human history. The content contained in this podcast was produced by OpenStax and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. For more information please review the links and resources in the description. Podcast produced by Miranda Casturo as a creative common sense production.