Latest Vergangenheit Podcast Episodes
196. 530s BC part 4 - China
Fan of History - June 25, 2024 23:01 - 47 minutesWe're in the Spring and Autumn Period and man is this a really fun episode! I mean, where can you get all this in one place: • Human Sacrifice • Ghosts and Ghost Theory • Beguiling • Tibetan Buddhism • and beheading a horse! Not only the fun stuff but Confucius, Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu, and the r...
196. 530s BC part 4 - Human sacrifice in China
Fan of History - June 25, 2024 23:01 - 47 minutesWe're in the Spring and Autumn Period and man is this a really fun episode! I mean, where can you get all this in one place: • Human Sacrifice • Ghosts and Ghost Theory • Beguiling • Tibetan Buddhism • and beheading a horse! Not only the fun stuff but Confucius, Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu, and the r...
195. 530s BC part 3 - China feudal system
Fan of History - June 11, 2024 23:01 - 57 minutesWe're back in China for the first in a 2 part series. Confucius is a young man now... let's see what he's up to along with his really impressive contemporary Zichan of Zheng. As a bonus Bernie explains the Chinese feudal system in the Spring and Autumn Period. A fun time to be had by all! Thi...
195. 530s BC part 3 - China
Fan of History - June 11, 2024 23:01 - 57 minutesWe're back in China for the first in a 2 part series. Confucius is a young man now... let's see what he's up to along with his really impressive contemporary Zichan of Zheng. As a bonus Bernie explains the Chinese feudal system in the Spring and Autumn Period. A fun time to be had by all! Thi...
Bonus episode - Behind the Scenes
Fan of History - June 05, 2024 01:00 - 35 minutesGarry and Bernie have a really interesting conversation about history podcasting, you the listener, and our love of history. Be a fly on the wall and join us! This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www...
194. 530s BC part 2 - More Cyrus
Fan of History - May 29, 2024 01:00 - 43 minutesCyrus finishes the conquest of Babylon and Babylonia, frees the Jews from captivity, and manages the largest empire in the world. LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuCZgfGNMRg Listener sent map of Neo Assyrian and Neo Babylonian Empires year by year This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and B...
193. 530's BC part 1 The Fall of Babylon (again)
Fan of History - May 15, 2024 13:51 - 34 minutesIn classic Fan of History style we give you Cyrus the Great's conquest of Babylon. No spoilers... Check it out! Links Herodotus: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/1d*.html This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support...
What´s new in history - Ancient Spy Craft
Fan of History - May 08, 2024 01:00 - 56 minutesBernie and Gil discuss the Babylonian Intelligence Service and the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. The first time around didn't go so well for the Assyrians but maybe the Babylonians had an ace in hole? Listen to find out! This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If...
192. 540s BC part 8 PEACE! in China
Fan of History - May 01, 2024 01:00 - 25 minutesI've heard Dan Carlin say if it happened in Western history it probably happened even more so in Chinese history. In that vein we give you Lu Pu Pie's House of Drinking and Wife Swapping. (locations opening soon in Scranton, PA USA and Stockholm, Sweden) Special guest: Cornelia Boberg from th...
191. 540s BC part 7 China - 6 Battles and 1 Murder
Fan of History - April 17, 2024 01:00 - 31 minutesBut is PEACE on the horizon?? This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Contact information: E-mail: [email protected] http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitt...
191. 540s BC part 7 China - Sun Tzu
Fan of History - April 17, 2024 01:00 - 31 minutesWe have a jam packed episode here for you guys! They say Genghis Khan was born clutching a bloody blood clot... but here we have Sun Tzu born on the same year of a major peace conference in China. History loves irony that's for sure. If you've been following along, you know that warfare in Chin...
What´s New In History - A Letter to Constantine
Fan of History - April 10, 2024 01:00 - 14 minutesDan, our Roman expert, helps Bernie with this episode. Constantine was the first Christian emperor, and as a Christian would never be into ancestor worship... Right? Find out right here! LINK to article https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-letter-emperor-constantine-monumental-discovery-templ...
190. 540s BC part 6 China - 6 battles and 1 murder
Fan of History - April 02, 2024 23:00 - 37 minutesIn this first of 3 episodes on China in the 550's, we have the year 549 covered... You know you always get a DEEP DIVE on Fan of History! We give you more background on the O.G. state of QI and the current drama going on there (murder, intrigue, deception.... you know, the usual stuff) You'll ...
190. 540s BC part 6 China - 549 BC
Fan of History - April 02, 2024 23:00 - 37 minutesIn this first of 3 episodes on China in the 550's, we have the year 549 covered... You know you always get a DEEP DIVE on Fan of History! We give you more background on the O.G. state of QI and the current drama going on there (murder, intrigue, deception.... you know, the usual stuff) You'...
What´s New In History - "Mummy-Making" $ecrets Revealed!
Fan of History - March 27, 2024 02:00 - 12 minutesSpecial thanks to listener Nancy Jo for sending this to us! This short episode explores the fascinating discovery of an ancient mummification workshop. Check it out! Show notes: Link to article https://www.science.org/content/article/secrets-mummy-making-revealed-residues-ancient-urns How t...
189. 540s BC part 5 Babylon, Egypt & India
Fan of History - March 20, 2024 02:00 - 41 minutesKing Nabonidus of Babylon focuses on everything else but the impending doom. He becomes the first archaeologist, stays away from Marduk, worships the moon and is generally an absent monarch. Amasis II rules over a golden era of Egypt, also blissfully unaware of the coming doom. Bimbisara ass...
What´s New In History - This CHANGES EVERYTHING we knew
Fan of History - March 13, 2024 02:00 - 15 minutesThis discovery certainly did blow Dan and Bernie's minds! And that's not hyperbole, exaggeration, or click bait. No kidding. A really old city has been found in the heart of the Amazon jungle where only stone age hunter gatherers were supposed to be. Wait till you hear how many people lived the...
188. 540s BC part 4 Cyrus vs the Ionians
Fan of History - March 06, 2024 02:00 - 38 minutesWith his new advisor Croesus at his side, Cyrus the great ponders the problem with those devious Ionian Greeks. Link to passages in Herodotus for this episode https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/1C*.html This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you l...
187. 540s BC part 3 - Cyrus vs Croesus
Fan of History - February 21, 2024 02:00 - 34 minutesHerodotus tells us Croesus gave a bunch of nice things to Delphi and the other oracle. Many of the items were still seen in his day. That is why the Greeks said Rich as Croesus… The oracle famously tells Croesus that if he attacks the Persians he will destroy a mighty empire. LOL. But also to ...
What´s New In History - Why Fred Can't Wear His Crown
Fan of History - February 14, 2024 02:00 - 30 minutesSee Fred. See Fred's crown. But you'll never see it on his head! King Charles III of the UK became King on Sept 8, 2022 and was coronated on May 6 2023 Frederick X of Denmark became king of Denmark on Jan 14 2024 and but he never had a coronation. In fact he's not even allowed to wear his crow...
186. 540s BC part 2 - The rise of Carthage
Fan of History - February 07, 2024 02:00 - 21 minutesOfficially, the “age of colonization" ends in 550 BC. There were a few random colonies founded after this time but not many and nothing really important, So (sadly?) we probably won’t have new colonies going forward. Its like if you were playing a video game the colonization phase is over and ...
185. 540s BC part 1 - Greece
Fan of History - January 24, 2024 02:00 - 34 minutesNow in the 540's BCE it's getting harder to break apart the regions of the world because they are getting more and more connected. But in this episode we can still just talk about Greece and two of its most important and well know cities: Athens and Sparta. In Athens will the third time be a ch...
From the vault: Northern Europe 1000-500 BCE
Fan of History - January 17, 2024 14:37 - 45 minutesFrom 2020. There is no WNIH this week so we figured we would present to you the episode Dan is most proud of in the entire history of Fan of History. Naturally the patrons on Patreon does not get charged anything for this rerun of episode 101. Archaeologist Reidar Magnusson, specialized in Nort...
184. 550s BC part 7 - China
Fan of History - January 10, 2024 02:00 - 53 minutesThis is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Link to Spring and Autumn Annals for the decade with comments from The Zhuan https://docs.google.com/document/d/184uBU3XGF9NmH3zfeB...
What's New In History with Daniele Bolelli
Fan of History - January 03, 2024 02:00 - 39 minutesBernie gets some help from the brilliant and talented podcaster Daniele Bolelli from "History on Fire" Podcast. In this second part of an AMAZING LiDAR survey of the Yucatan lowlands we discuss life in the "Pre-Classic" Mayan world. That, and the usual historical and philosophical observations ...
183. 550s BC part 6 Americans learn to read
Fan of History - December 27, 2023 02:00 - 37 minutesWriting in the Americas might have been independently invented by the Zapotecs. We also revisit the Olmecs and Maya. Lets go to America! Lets talk about the first writing in America. Ancient american history focuses a lot on Mexico. This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If y...
What's New In History - Mind Blowing LIDAR study of Ancient Maya Lands in Guatemala
Fan of History - December 21, 2023 14:36 - 18 minutesYou won't believe what they've found! This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Contact information: http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https:...
182. 550s BC part 5 - Jainism
Fan of History - December 13, 2023 02:00 - 36 minutesDan and Bernie talk about the spiritual teacher of jainism who was the contemporary of Buddha in the 500s BC. King Bimbisara makes another appearance but this time he is interested in jainism. This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fa...
What's New In History - The origin of Ancient Israelites
Fan of History - December 06, 2023 02:00 - 42 minutesThe Bible tells us that the ancient Israelites came out of Egypt and conquered the land of Canaan. For the first time Archaeologists extract DNA from First Temple Israelites. What does the DNA say? This has been a question for generations and Bernie and Gil have some answers here for you. That, ...
What's New In History - The origin of Ancient Israelites
Fan of History - December 06, 2023 02:00 - 42 minutesThe Bible tells us that the ancient Israelites came out of Egypt and conquered the land of Canaan. For the first time Archaeologists extract DNA from First Temple Israelites. What does the DNA say? This has been a question for generations and Bernie and Gil have some answers here for you. That, ...
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