Levant
geographic and cultural region consisting of the eastern Mediterranean between Anatolia and the Sinai Peninsula
Episodes
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#5802: The Mamluks: From Slave Market to Sultan's ThroneHow did enslaved soldiers become the rulers of Egypt and the Levant for 267 years? The Mamluk system explained. -
#5801: Who Were the Canaanites, Hittites, and Israelites?The Bible's lists of ancient peoples are theological claims, not census records — and the Hittites are two entirely different peoples wearing one n... -
#5224: When Hands Learned to Cut: Engraving and the First MetalsHalf-million-year-old shell grooves, 9,000-year-old copper beads, and the feedback loop that turned cutting lines into an entire civilization. -
#5809: What If Israel Had Never Fallen? A 2,000-Year Thought ExperimentHannah's question: what would Israel look like if it had stayed under Jewish rule for 2,000 years — and was antisemitism structural or circumstantial? -
#5644: Scrambled Jets and the Hijack Code: What Really HappensA 737 squawks 7500 over Saudi airspace and Israel scrambles fighters. What those jets can actually do — and why "escort" isn't the right word. -
#5566: Venice: The City That Was a Supply ChainVenice wasn't romantic — it was a logistics problem with a paint job. How a lagoon empire survived 1,100 years. -
#5475: Why Salad Is Breakfast in Israel and Punishment in AmericaSame chopped tomatoes and cucumbers — a morning staple in Israel and Turkey, a symbol of joyless dieting in America. How did one dish mean two oppo... -
#5446: The Potter's Field: Who Buries the Unclaimed Dead?From Hart Island's million graves to the met mitzvah, how societies bury the unclaimed — and why the shame of a pauper's funeral is surprisingly mo... -
#5360: Ful Medames: Slow Cooker vs Pressure CookerDried fava beans, a slow cooker, and one overnight soak — the idiot-proof path to Egyptian street-style ful medames.