In this episode of Half-Arsed History, go on a journey through the history of chess, from its origins as an Indian board game called chaturanga, through its development in Persia and the Middle East, to become the international game it is today.
https://open.acast.com/public/streams/65a47774968ba8001771f445/episodes/65e452c8e79511001674c154.mp3 Download Episode(Right click and select “Save as…”)
Episode 212: Napoleon Bonaparte, Part 2
Episode 211: Napoleon Bonaparte, Part 1
Episode 210: Galileo Galilei, Part 2
Episode 209: Galileo Galilei, Part 1
Episode 208: Queen Victoria
Episode 207: Genghis Khan, Part 2
Episode 206: Genghis Khan, Part 1
Episode 205: Julius Caesar
Episode 204: Leonardo da Vinci
Episode 203: William Shakespeare
Episode 202: Alexander the Great
Episode 201: Saladin
Episode 200: Six More Short Stories
Episode 199: Tamar the Great
Episode 198: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Episode 197: History of Nuclear Weapons
Episode 196: Bartholomew Roberts, Part 2
Episode 195: Bartholomew Roberts, Part 1
Episode 194: Ludwig van Beethoven
Episode 193: The History of Ukraine
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra