Mark Woolmer
Assistant Principal at Collingwood College, Durham University
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Ancient SyriaHistory of the MediterraneanFormer countries in West AsiaAncient AnatoliaAxial Age civilizationsStates and territories established in the 3rd millennium BCBronze Age Asia, Ancient Near EastAncient Levant, States and territories disestablished in the 6th century BCHistoryMilitary marchingAncient suicides, Suicides by poison
The Phoenicians
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians, the celebrated maritime traders of the ancient Mediterranean.
6 February 2014
Also featuring: Josephine Quinn, Cyprian Broodbank
Hannibal
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who famously led an army across the Alps.
11 October 2012
Also featuring: Ellen O'Gorman, Louis Rawlings