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The Maritime History Podcast

The Maritime History Podcast is a chronological look at maritime history and its numerous facets. Beginning with ancient history, the podcast looks at trade, exploration, boat and ship-building, econo... Read more

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002 - Surplus Food, Big Buildings, and Power Hungry Lugals

002 - Surplus Food, Big Buildings, and Power Hungry Lugals

We'll witness the expansion of Sumer from a scattered farming society into the world’s first true civilization and see h... Read more

16 Aug 2014

20mins

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003 - Sargon to Hammurabi: Trade and Turmoil in Ancient Mesopotamia

003 - Sargon to Hammurabi: Trade and Turmoil in Ancient Mesopotamia

Although this episode will cover a greater span of time than the first two episodes covered, we'll still slow down and s... Read more

26 Aug 2014

25mins

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022 - Rise of the Phoenicians

022 - Rise of the Phoenicians

The Phoenicians have finally arrived on the historical stage, at least as our humble podcast is concerned. In today's ep... Read more

2 Apr 2016

48mins

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030 - Trireme 101: How to Build, Sail, and Ram and Ancient Greek Warship

030 - Trireme 101: How to Build, Sail, and Ram and Ancient Greek Warship

Today we have a lengthy primer focused only on the trireme. After a jaunt through some of the evidence related to when t... Read more

3 Jun 2017

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004 - Mesopotamian Merchants

004 - Mesopotamian Merchants

In this episode we'll get to meet two of the more well known merchants from Mesopotamia: Ea-nāşir who lived during the t... Read more

14 Sep 2014

25mins

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017 - Black Ships on Trojan Shores

017 - Black Ships on Trojan Shores

Today we delve into a grey area between myth and history: the Trojan War. The Homeric epic poem The Iliad is now one of ... Read more

17 Nov 2015

57mins

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029 - Trade with Egypt, Conflict with Carthage

029 - Trade with Egypt, Conflict with Carthage

In this installment, we continue to follow the Greeks as they expand yet further. Our first destination is Egypt, where ... Read more

28 Mar 2017

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025 - Carthage: A New (City) Hope

025 - Carthage: A New (City) Hope

This week we follow the fleeing Elissa, princess of Tyre, to Qart-ḥadašt, the "New City" that would come into wider fame... Read more

15 Jul 2016

51mins

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020 - The Sea Peoples Sail South: Vol. II

020 - The Sea Peoples Sail South: Vol. II

Today we wrap up our look at the Late Bronze Age Collapse. We focus heavily on Egypt's naval clash with the Sea Peoples ... Read more

13 Jan 2016

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013 - Akrotiri, Atlantis, and the Thera Eruption

013 - Akrotiri, Atlantis, and the Thera Eruption

Today's episode will focus on three main topics, all related to the Minoan Civilization in the Aegean. First, we'll talk... Read more

28 Jun 2015

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005 - Meanwhile, In Egypt...

005 - Meanwhile, In Egypt...

In this episode we'll focus mainly on the predynastic depictions of papyrus boats, wooden boats, the earliest depictions... Read more

28 Sep 2014

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019 - Ugarit in Flames

019 - Ugarit in Flames

This episode will conclude with the city of Ugarit in flames. Before we get there, we'll look at two Hittite invasions o... Read more

16 Dec 2015

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018 - The Beginning of the End

018 - The Beginning of the End

In today's episode we take a look at just what the title suggests, the beginning of the end for the cultures and powers ... Read more

1 Dec 2015

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015 - The Advent of the Mycenaean Galley

015 - The Advent of the Mycenaean Galley

Today we discuss the rise of the Mycenaean galley, a style of ship characterized by oared propulsion and  a long, narrow... Read more

29 Sep 2015

42mins

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012 - Minoan Thalassocracy

012 - Minoan Thalassocracy

In today's episode, we'll take a look at the evidence from early Minoan history, beginning with pre-history and working ... Read more

30 May 2015

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027 - Odysseus Builds a Boat

027 - Odysseus Builds a Boat

Today we fill in some gaps concerning Greek colonization, looking first at the founding of colonies along the eastern co... Read more

30 Oct 2016

59mins

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023 - Setting Up Shop in the Central Med

023 - Setting Up Shop in the Central Med

The Phoenicians are now on the move, pushing the scope of our podcast to the west. While they were mainly concerned with... Read more

4 May 2016

47mins

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028 - Unlocking the Pontus Euxinus

028 - Unlocking the Pontus Euxinus

In today's installment, we'll tell a tale of two cities in one sense. The age of colonization in Greece had an early lea... Read more

31 Jan 2017

1hr 3mins

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Interlude - Boats of Prehistory

Interlude - Boats of Prehistory

This 'interlude' episode sits in the gap between Seasons 1 and 2 of the podcast. While Season 1 began with ancient Mesop... Read more

29 Jan 2016

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026 - Sailing Advice from Hesiod, the Farmer-Poet

026 - Sailing Advice from Hesiod, the Farmer-Poet

At long last we make first contact with the Greeks! Today we try to cover the earliest periods of Greek colonization and... Read more

18 Sep 2016

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