Season 1: The Big Picture (World History)

Welcome to everyone who slept through their high school social studies class

Every time I tell people that I’m a high school social studies teacher, after they give me a pitying look,

When you win wars, you get to name stuff

It’s so easy to study history and forget that these things actually happened. Like, George Washington woke up each morning,

How much of world history can I relate to the Hunger Games? All of it.

One year I had a student keep track of every time I referenced the Hunger Games in my world history

Anatomy of the Persian Empire

The poster child for empire building is Persia. The Classical Era begins at 600 BCE because this is around when

This is Sparta! | Classical Greece

We hear about classical Greece all the time. So who were these Greeks? (Listen to the entire episode here!) Short

Alexander the Great

Who was Alexander and why was he so great? (Listen to the entire episode here!) Childhood Alexander the Great was

All Roads Lead to Rome

There are a lot of Rome fans out there who are going to be upset by how many crazy important

Thank God for Sanskrit | Classical India

We weren’t really able to talk much about India in the ancient era because their language still hasn’t been deciphered.

The (First) Rise of Classical China

Two classical dynasties set up China to be a relatively unified and stable powerhouse for the next 2,000 years. The

Decline of Classical Empires

So how did all of these incredible classical empires decline? (Listen to the entire episode here!) Fortunately for us but