Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Max Weber's book the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitali
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of Spartacus, the gladiator who led a major slave rebel
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss chivalry, the moral code observed by knights of the Middle Ages.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote about a peo
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history. The first attempts to mak
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours. In 732 a large Arab army invaded Gaul from
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium, one of the Greek philosopher's most celebrate
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, who dominated Florence's political and cultur
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Pliny the Younger, famous for his letters.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of Pocahontas, the Native American woman who to English
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference of 1884. In the 1880s, as colonial powers
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Corn Laws. In 1815 the British Government passed legislation
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, who ruled Egypt and Syria from about 1250 to 1517.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, an important group of economic thinkers in eigh
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Queen Zenobia, a famous military leader of the ancient world. Bo
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Putney Debates. For several weeks in late 1647, after the de
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of Alfred Russel Wallace, a pioneer of evolutionary the
Jane Francis, Richard Corfield and Carrie Lear join Melvyn Bragg to discuss ice ages, periods when a
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the War of 1812, the conflict between America and the British Em
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss The South Sea Bubble, the speculation mania in early 18th-centur
