A Short Walk through Our Long History

By Clayton Mills

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I think that if you want to understand the world we live in today, it helps to understand the important events of history. In this series, we are going to look at major events, people, documents, places, books, and ideas that have shaped history, and thus shaped our modern world.

Episode Date
89 - The Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg
May 14, 2024
88 - The Battle of Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation
May 09, 2024
87 - Ulysses S Grant and the Battle of Shiloh
May 09, 2024
83 - The House Begins to Divide
May 09, 2024
86 - Stonewall Jackson and the First Battle of Bull Run
May 03, 2024
85 - Fort Sumter - The American Civil War Begins
Apr 25, 2024
84 - Lincoln and the Secession of the South
Apr 23, 2024
82 - The Revolutions of 1848
Apr 15, 2024
81 - The Oregon Trail, the Mormons, and the California Gold Rush
Apr 01, 2024
80 - The Mexican American War
Mar 25, 2024
79 - Manifest Destiny and the Wild West
Mar 15, 2024
78 - Queen Victoria and the British Empire
Feb 22, 2024
77 - The Republic of Texas!
Feb 08, 2024
76 - Andrew Jackson and the Indians
Jan 24, 2024
75 - The Congress of Vienna
Jan 23, 2024
72 - Simón Bolívar and South American Independence
Jan 22, 2024
73 - The Monroe Doctrine and the Missouri Compromise
Jan 16, 2024
72 - The War 1812
Jan 12, 2024
71 - The Industrial Revolution
Jan 09, 2024
70 - Benjamin Franklin
Jan 09, 2024
69 - Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
Jan 08, 2024
68 - John Adams
Dec 12, 2023
67 - Napoleon
Dec 11, 2023
66- The Reign of Terror and the Rise of Napoleon - The French Revolution, part 2
Dec 06, 2023
65 - Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité - The French Revolution, part 1
Nov 28, 2023
64 - We the People
Oct 14, 2023
63 - George Washington and the Revolutionary War
Sep 29, 2023
62 - When in the Course of Human Events
Aug 27, 2023
61 - The Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence
Aug 25, 2023
60 - Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death
Aug 15, 2023
59 - The Boston Tea Party
Aug 09, 2023
58 - The French and Indian War
Aug 03, 2023
57 - The American Enlightenment and the Great Awakening
Jul 06, 2023
56 - The 13 Original Colonies
Jun 10, 2023
55 - The English Civil War, the Restoration, and a Bit about the 30 Years' War
Jun 03, 2023
54 - The Enlightenment
Jun 02, 2023
53 - The Puritans, The Mayflower, and Plymouth Colony
May 12, 2023
52 - The First English Colonies in the New World
May 02, 2023
Episode 51 - Middle Ages Retrospective
Apr 27, 2023
Episode 50 - William Shakespeare
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 49 - Elizabethan England
Apr 04, 2023
Episode 48 - The Counter-Reformation
Mar 15, 2023
Episode 47 - The Reformation Spreads across Northern Europe
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 46 - The History of Hell
Feb 25, 2023
Episode 45 - Martin Luther and the Reformation
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 44 - The Inquisition
Feb 04, 2023
Episode 43 - The Northern Renaissance and the First Reformers
Jan 24, 2023
Episode 42 - The Portuguese and Spanish Colonies in the New World
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 41- The Golden Age of Exploration
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 40 - The Hundred Years' War
Nov 15, 2022
Episode 39 - Gutenberg and the Printing Press
Nov 12, 2022
Episode 38 - The High Renaissance
Nov 10, 2022
Episode 37 - The Renaissance Begins
Oct 22, 2022
Episode 36 - The Beginning of the Age of Exploration
Oct 12, 2022
Episode 35 - The Far East and the Mongols
Oct 05, 2022
Episode 34 - Medieval Literature
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 33 - The Crusades - Part II
Sep 05, 2022
Episode 32 - The Crusades - Part I
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 31 - Feudalism
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 30 - The Vikings!
Aug 18, 2022
Episode 29 - Charles Martel and Charlemagne
Jul 27, 2022
Episode 28 - The Rise of Islam
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 27 - What Has Been Going on in the Rest of the World while We Were Talking about Rome for 12 Episodes
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 26 - Rome Falls, and the Dark Ages Begin
May 17, 2022
Episode 25 - Constantine, the Church, and the Creeds
May 05, 2022
Episode 24 - The Height of the Roman Empire
Apr 28, 2022
Episode 23 - The Early Church and the Bible
Apr 21, 2022
Episode 22 - The Life of Jesus the Messiah
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 21 - The Fullness of Time
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 20 - Caesar Augustus and the Rise of the Empire
Mar 22, 2022
Episode 19 - Julius Caesar and the End of the Roman Republic
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 18 - The Decline of the Roman Republic
Feb 22, 2022
Episode 17 - The Punic Wars
Feb 17, 2022
Episode 15 - The Early Roman Republic
Jan 28, 2022
Episode 14 - The Founding of Rome
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 13 - The Buddha
Jan 02, 2022
Episode 12 - Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, and the Spread of Greek Culture
Dec 11, 2021
Episode 11 - Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Dec 08, 2021
Episode 10 - The Peloponnesian Wars
Dec 02, 2021
Episode 9 - Athenian Democracy and the Golden Age of Greece
Dec 01, 2021
Episode 8.1 - Ancient Greek Military Strategy
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 8 - The Persian Wars
Nov 08, 2021
Episode 7 - The Kingdom of Israel
Nov 04, 2021
Episode 6 - The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Trojan War
Oct 29, 2021
Episode 5.1 - The Development of Written Language and Literacy
Oct 27, 2021
Episode 5 - Early Greece and the first City-states
Oct 23, 2021
Episode 4 - The Gods of Egypt and the Law of Moses
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 3 - The Biblical Creation Narrative
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 2 - The Creation Narratives
Oct 14, 2021
Episode 1 - Understanding the Present by Understanding the Past
Aug 21, 2021