{"podcast":{"title":"Fan of History","slug":"fan-of-history-741603","podcast_index_feed_id":741603,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/c3b15c03-91fd-4759-a510-22929c8e3a5a","website_url":"https://play.acast.com/s/history","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/611a64ef06c05ec09bf4066a/1723474960667-2d7c0cc5-4260-4b19-95b5-1e965ecd9ec4.jpeg","author":"Dan Hörning & Bernie Maopolski","episode_count":233,"summary":"Dan Horning and Bernie Maopolski discuss the events of ancient history all over the world, decade by decade, starting at 1000 BC and moving forward. We love history! History, History, History! That’s all we think of … History in the morning, History for lunch, History for dinner… even history right before bed! And we talk about all the key people in Ancient History – Julius Caesar, Gilgamesh, Jesus, Budha, Lao Tzu, Confucious, Solon, Pythagoras, Alexander the Great, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Herodotus, Homer, Ashurnasirpal, Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal, Croesus, Cyrus the Great, and Pisistratus. And the Great Historical Civilizations in History like the Assyrian Empire, Israel, Judah, Babylonia, Egypt, Ancient Greece, Roman Republic and Roman Empire, The Zhou of China, India, and the historical civilizations of the Americas like The Olmecs, Maya, and Chauvin. We have another show on this same feed - What’s New In History - that spans all the eras of history. On What’s New in History we talk about AI, DNA studies, archeology, and characters of history like Christopher Columbus, Napoleon, Adolf Hitler, Joan of Arc, Martin Luther, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, C…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:18:55.364672+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603"},"episode":{"title":"231. 500s BC - The Americas Part 1 of 3: Before the Empires","slug":"231-500s-bc-the-americas-part-1-of-3-before-the-empires","published_at":"2026-02-18T10:01:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603/231-500s-bc-the-americas-part-1-of-3-before-the-empires","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603","url":"https://shows.acast.com/history/episodes/231-500s-bc-the-americas-part-1-of-3-before-the-empires","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/history/e/69958de6c208b1a9315eb955/media.mp3","summary":"Before the Maya kings. Before the Aztecs. Before the Inca. While the Mediterranean world reorganizes itself, two continents across the ocean are developing along very different lines. In this episode arc we explore: • The forgotten mound-builders of North America • The Epi-Olmec world and the possible birth of writing • Early Maya cities before dynasties and divine kings These were advanced civilizations that might surprise you. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel. Just subscribe! That's all I ask!  http://www.youtube.com/@WhatsNewinHistory Show notes Ancient Americas YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/@AncientAmericas Use this link to share with family, friends, and barbarian hordes https://pod.fo/e/391dad This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. Contact information: E-mail: zimwaupodcast@gmail.com http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/ Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Before the Maya kings. Before the Aztecs. Before the Inca. While the Mediterranean world reorganizes itself, two continents across the ocean are developin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1944,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fan-of-history-741603/episodes/231-500s-bc-the-americas-part-1-of-3-before-the-empires/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603/231-500s-bc-the-americas-part-1-of-3-before-the-empires.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}