Islamic empires invade the Indus and the Ganges // Sikhs invent a new culture // Hindu conservatives react// Buddhism Ejected // the Taj Mahal and Conservative Cultural War for the future of Culture // India Breaks Apart, Reunites, Breaks apart Again.
We discuss the trauma of the Mongol Conquest // China's incorporation into Mongol Asia // Ming Revolution, Zheng HE's explorations // The Great Wall and Turning Inward // Little vs Big "China" // The End of the Ming and the Manchu Conquest // The Last Ride of the Northern Barbarians // the Great Library and the Heights of Cultural Power
We tour the world to find the state of political and cultural power in 1450 // Who has the ability to conquer the world? Who has the will? Who has the geographic and cultural advantages to do so?
Season 2: The World From 1450 to 2000 // We start with the concept of Conquering the World because that is what is going to happen in this Season.
Symbolism // Religion // Representation // Perspective // Proportion // The Classical World Recreated // Movement-Biology-Medicine and the New World of Knowledge
Women's Roles in Urban and Rural Europe // Education and Trust: It is Known // Universities, Priests, and Plato //
The Swedes Attack the East, the Danes and Norse Attack the West, the Roman World Breaks up // The Norse settle in France and Sicily and go on Crusade // The Atlantic World is Tied Together by Longships // Icelandic Poets are Punk + Heavy Metal from the Land of the Ice and Snow
The Last Ride of the Nomad Conquerors // The Superiority of the Mongol Armies // The Disaster for Civilization // The Breakup of the Mongol World // Terror as Legitimacy
The Stages of Islamic Caliphate and the Consequences of Revolution // the Breakup of Islam // Sunni vs Shia // The Defeat at Constantinople and the Murder of the Umayyad // The Building of Baghdad and the Height of Civilization
Three Stages of Female Citizenship in Arab and Early Islamic Society - from Citizen to Mother to Protected Person