Podding Through Time

Trade in New Guinea/Silk Worm Smuggling

July 29, 2019 Jacob and Evan Season 1 Episode 3
Podding Through Time
Trade in New Guinea/Silk Worm Smuggling
Show Notes

In the third installment of Podding Through Time Jacob and Evan tackle a brand new slew of fascinating topics:

  • Who was Sun Tzu really, and how has his great work influenced history?
  • What was the great cultural exchange that took place across the waters from New Guinea and what has its discovery done for the study of modern anthropology?
  • How did the silk trade come to be, and how was China's monopoly on it eventually broken by two heretical monks?
  • How has space travel changed from the first steps on the moon half a century ago to today's modern moon rockets from India?
  • What is pop history and what role does it play in the modern-day education of history enthusiasts? 
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