Mark Woolmer
Assistant Principal at Collingwood College, Durham University
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Former countries in West AsiaAncient SyriaHistory of the MediterraneanAncient Levant, States and territories disestablished in the 6th century BCAxial Age civilizationsAncient AnatoliaAncient Near East, Bronze Age AsiaStates and territories established in the 3rd millennium BCHistoryAncient suicides, Suicides by poisonMilitary marching
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