{"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":"232. 500s BC – The Americas part 2: Mountains, Rainforest, and Sea","slug":"232-500s-bc-the-americas-part-2-mountains-rainforest-and-sea","published_at":"2026-03-04T09:55:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603/232-500s-bc-the-americas-part-2-mountains-rainforest-and-sea","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603","url":"https://shows.acast.com/history/episodes/232-500s-bc-the-americas-ch-46-mountains-rainforest-and-sea","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/history/e/69a8017b47994e342701b846/media.mp3","summary":"While Greece and Persia dominate the history books, entire worlds are developing across the Americas. In this episode we explore: • The Chavín network that connected the Andes through religion, pilgrimage, trade, AND DRUGS! • The hidden civilizations of Amazonia beneath the rainforest canopy • The Saladoid expansion across the Caribbean and the first island farming cultures These societies were shaping entire regions — long before the civilizations most people recognize. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel! www.youtube.com/@WhatsNewinHistory 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":"While Greece and Persia dominate the history books, entire worlds are developing across the Americas. In this episode we explore: • The Chavín network tha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2151,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fan-of-history-741603/episodes/232-500s-bc-the-americas-part-2-mountains-rainforest-and-sea/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-741603/232-500s-bc-the-americas-part-2-mountains-rainforest-and-sea.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}