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Ancient Egypt Trade: The Nile River to the Sahara Desert

Following up on Ancient Egypt: An Agricultural Economy Indebted to the Nile River, this week we’ll discuss trade in...

Ancient Egypt: An Agricultural Economy Indebted to the Nile River

Following up on Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Look from West Africa, this week we’ll discuss ancient Egypt’s economy...

Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Look from West Africa

Following up on Trans-Saharan Trade Network: The Ancient Kingdom of Ghana (Wagadu), this week we’ll start to look at...

Trans-Saharan Trade Network: The Ancient Kingdom of Ghana (Wagadu)

Following up on Champagne Fairs: An Important Center for European Trade, this week we’ll go back and discuss the...

Champagne Fairs: An Important Center for European Trade

Following up on Trade Routes: Kashgar, an Oasis Along the Silk Road, this week we’ll discuss the annual Champagne Fairs...

Trade Routes: Kashgar, an Oasis Along the Silk Road

Following up on Trade Routes: Trade in Byzantine Constantinople, this week we’ll discuss trade in Kashgar, a central...

Trade Routes: Trade in Byzantine Constantinople

Following up on Trade Routes: Indian Ocean Trade Route, this week we’ll discuss trade in Constantinople, one of the...

Trade Routes: Indian Ocean Trade Route

Following up on African Trade Routes: The Trans-Saharan Trade Network, this week we’ll discuss a history of the Indian...

African Trade Routes: The Trans-Saharan Trade Network

Following up on What Will the Dominant Economic System of the Future Look Like?, this week we’ll discuss the...

What Will the Dominant Economic System of the Future Look Like?

Following up on Plagues: Effect on the Economy and Inequality, this week we’ll attempt to address the question, “what...

Notable People in History Podcast

Come along with me and explore the lives of Archimedes, Autherine Lucy, Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Thomas Edison, Harriet Tubman, Galileo Galilei, Madeleine Albright, Albert Einstein, Wangari Maathai, Ctesibius, Valentina Tereshkova, Chiune Sugihara, … and others who’ve greatly influenced society.

Wang Zhenyi: Astronomer, Mathematician, and Poet

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Wang Zhenyi. Despite societal norms which prohibited female education, she made accurate findings and observations as to the relationship between the lunar and solar eclipses.