15 Minute History

Episode 82: What Writing Can Tell Us About the Arabs before Islam

In most world history survey courses, Arabia is introduced for the first time only as backstory to the rise of Islam. We’re told that there was a tradition of …

Episode 81: The Trans-Pacific Silver Trade and Early-Modern Globalization

With the establishment of Manila as a Spanish trading port in 1571, one of the most important economic links in the early modern world was established. Spanish …

Episode 80: Colonial Medicine and STDs in 1920s Uganda

Part of the civilizing mission of European powers in their colonies in Asia and Africa was an interest in encouraging hygiene and health among the population, …

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