Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dh5yg
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 2 hours 20 minutes
The Franco-American Alliance 1778
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French fight against Britain in America and its impact
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great French mathematician behind metrication.
The Russo-Japanese War
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1904-5 clash of Japanese and Russian empires.
David Ricardo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ricardo's argument on free trade after the Napoleonic wars
Marcus Aurelius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and meditations of 'the last good Roman emperor'.
The Plague of Justinian
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scale and impact of the plague that raged in 541AD.
The Cultural Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mao's uprising against his own party from 1966-76
The Zong Massacre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous drowning of enslaved Africans in 1781.
Maria Theresa
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who ruled Austria, shaking up the European order