Vol 5 Ep 4 - BATTLE - The Great Siege Of Malta ( 1565 )
1565 - A tiny island stood between one of history’s greatest empires and its ambitions in the Mediterranean. Outnumbered, isolated, and faci...
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Vol 5 Ep 3 - BATTLE - The Battle of Mohács ( 1526 )
1526 - Some battles determine who controls a territory. Others reshape an entire continent. In 1526, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman...
Timelines - Thomas Jefferson
A bonus for the HOTWorld podcast schedule. We feature one of the episodes of our sister podcast "History of the World podcast timelines" tha...
Vol 5 Ep 2 - BATTLE - The Siege of Belgrade ( 1456 )
1456 - Three years after the fall of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire seemed unstoppable. Sultan Mehmed II turned his attention towards th...
Vol 5 Ep 1 - The Ottoman Empire, Part One
1453 - 1566 - The fall of Constantinople transformed the Ottoman Empire from a rising regional power into one of the dominant states of the...
State of the Podcast (2026)
Some very important news about the immediate future of the History of the World podcast.
The History of the World podcast debrief - 12th January 2026
Reflections on Volume 4 and looking forward to Volume 5, including the big announcement about the name of the volume and our usual review of...
Vol 4 Ep 99 - SUMMARY - The Medieval World, Part Four
1200 - 1449 - Step into the fourteenth century, a world caught between collapse and rebirth. As the Mongol Empire fractures, new powers rise...
Vol 4 Ep 98 - SUMMARY - The Medieval World, Part Three
1000 - 1299 - From shattered empires to rising ideas, this episode traces a world in motion. Across continents, scholars, warriors and kings...
Vol 4 Ep 97 - SUMMARY - The Medieval World, Part Two
800 - 1099 - From Viking raids to Tang collapse, the ninth to eleventh centuries reshaped the medieval world. Charlemagne’s empire fractured...
Vol 4 Ep 96 - SUMMARY - The Medieval World, Part One
600 - 799 - Step into the year 600, a world where empires fracture, new powers rise, and entire cultures reshape human history. Byzantium st...
The History of the World podcast debrief - 3rd November 2025
Alongside listener messages, in this debrief we will be discussing which topics were the most popular in Volume 4, the ongoing question of h...
Vol 4 Ep 95 - The Mali Empire
700 - 1610 - In this episode, we journey to the Sahel — the narrow frontier between desert and savanna where the fortunes of empires were ma...
Vol 4 Ep 94 - Ifẹ and Benin
1000 BCE - 1897 CE - Two kingdoms, two legacies—Ifẹ and Benin shaped West Africa’s artistic soul and political power. From sacred bronze hea...
The History of the World podcast debrief - 31st August 2025
A look into the most recent batch of episodes about pre-colonial societies of the world and the role that AI plays in the production of the...
Vol 4 Ep 93 - Great Zimbabwe
900 - 1629 - Imagine a great city in Africa, a stone kingdom so powerful its wealth flowed across oceans. Great Zimbabwe , built by the Shon...
Vol 4 Ep 92 - Mississippian culture
800 - 1600 - In this episode we explore the culmination of many millenniums of mound building cultures in the lands of the modern United Sta...
Vol 4 Ep 91 - Pre-Columbian Mound Builders of North America
3500 BCE - 1600 CE - Uncover the ancient earthworks of North America’s Pre-Columbian Mound Builders—exploring ritual, trade, astronomy, and...
Vol 4 Ep 90 - Pre-Columbian North America
700 BCE - 1497 CE - Long before European contact, North America was home to vibrant civilisations. From the Ancestral Puebloans , Hohokam ,...
Vol 4 Ep 89 - Aztecs
1325 - 1521 - The powerful Mesoamerican civilisation known for advanced city-building, military strength, religious rituals, and human sacri...