History from a New Perspective

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Joseph Keen

7 episodes

4 days ago

Send us a text As part of UK Black History Month, History from a New Perspective has been exploring London's historic relationship with the Transatlantic slave trade. This is a short episode which explains how the city's wealth grew as a result of slavery in the Caribbean and the Americas. The episode also explores how Britain later abolished the slave trade and slavery. Joseph Keen visited the 'London, Sugar and Slavery: 1600-present' exhibition at the London Museum Docklands. Also available...

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History from a New Perspective

London, Slavery and the Slave Trade

4 days ago

7 minutes

History from a New Perspective

Could an ancient Tamil settlement rewrite India’s history?

Send us a text Buried deep beneath coconut groves in South India’s Tamil Nadu state lies Keeladi, an ancient settlement whose 2,500-year-old remains are igniting a fierce debate over India’s history. Archaeologists, politicians and linguists have clashed over what Keeladi means — for identity, heritage and the story we tell about the past. India’s first major civilisation, the Indus Valley, thrived between 3300 and 1300 BCE in the north and central regions. After its decline, the Vedic ...

1 month ago

23 minutes

History from a New Perspective

A history of Mexico's Aztecs in their own words

The US FBI recently returned a 500-year-old stolen document to Mexico. The manuscript was penned by Hernán Cortés, a man who helped pave the way for Spanish colonisation of the Americas and bring about the end of the Aztec Empire. The Aztec empire lasted until the 16th century in what is now Mexico with Spain’s conquest leading to its collapse in 1521. The civilisation has often been linked to the practice of human sacrifice. Scholars have traditionally relied on European sources to document ...

2 months ago

27 minutes

History from a New Perspective

Tattoos revealed on a 2,300 year old Siberian ice mummy

Archaeologists have used high-resolution scans to produce images of tattoos found on an ancient woman in an ice cave. This woman was part of the Pazyryk people, a nomadic Scythian culture (documented by the Ancient Greek historian, Herodotus) which existed between the 6th and 3rd centuries BC in the area of modern day Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and North Western China. The “Ice mummies” were found in the Altai mountains of Central Asia in the 19th century. Joseph Keen has been speaking to D...

2 months ago

15 minutes

History from a New Perspective

Algeria's fight for freedom from France 1954-1962

In 1830, French forces invaded Algeria leading to over a century of colonial rule. The North African nation was even treated as an integral part of France known as “Algerie Francaise.” By 1 November 1954, Algeria’s National Liberation Front or FLN began a major war of decolonization from France, which eventually led to the deaths of somewhere between 400,000 to 1.5 million people. The struggle was famously depicted in the 1966 film “Battle of Algiers.” By 5 July 1962, the country had ac...

3 months ago

21 minutes

History from a New Perspective

Why don't we know more about the history of Africa?

Want to learn more about the history of the African continent? From the ancient Nubian kingdoms of Sudan and Egypt to Mansa Musa's medieval Mali, to modern-day Ghana, we'll explore the rise and fall of civilizations and the lasting legacies they left behind. Joseph Keen spoke to Luke Pepera is a writer, broadcast, anthropologist, historian and author of "Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity." Luke's Book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/motherland/luke...

3 months ago

21 minutes

History from a New Perspective

Explore the FASCINATING World of History!

Ever wondered about the origins of conflicts such as those between Israel and Iran? History from a New Perspective is a world history channel and podcast exploring history from the ancient period to the modern, covering every continent.

4 months ago