Jul 3, 2026 · 54 min · 13 segments
You ready to nerd out on Medieval history? Today, Amber, Ashley, and Julie are diving into one of history’s most fascinating eras, sharing strange facts and asking the important question: Were the…
Ashley Brooke RobertsHostAmber NelsonHost
Julie RosingHostSo when we're talking about the medieval period, we're basically today we're talking about medieval Europe, right? That's the time period we're talking about.
And it's important to know that during this period, during the Middle Ages, a lot of different stuff is happening around the world, right? Like these huge empires are being built in West Africa and they're gold rich from the trans-Saharan sub-trades.
And there's this intellectual jewel of a city, Timbuktu, where the University of Sankor is.
And China has these great dynasties that are happening and they're inventing all of this stuff like gunpowder and paper and vaccines.
So if Europe was so like in the dirty darks, but everywhere else was like they were kind of flourishing and like the richest man in the world for a long time.
So why do we discuss Europe so much? Like why do we think of that? That's a great question.
And I'm going to ask you, why do you think America focuses so much on Europe history, European history in the Middle Ages? We
And also, like, it's a pretty white-centric, you know, country and a pretty
History, specifically for us, history has been very European-based in public schools.
But I do think we focus when we talk about, in America specifically, when we talk about the Middle Ages, we're talking about Europe.
So when we're talking about the medieval period, we're basically today we're talking about medieval Europe, right? That's the time period we're talking about.
And it's important to know that during this period, during the Middle Ages, a lot of different stuff is happening around the world, right? Like these huge empires are being built in West Africa and they're gold rich from the trans-Saharan sub-trades.
And there's this intellectual jewel of a city, Timbuktu, where the University of Sankor is.
And China has these great dynasties that are happening and they're inventing all of this stuff like gunpowder and paper and vaccines.
So if Europe was so like in the dirty darks, but everywhere else was like they were kind of flourishing and like the richest man in the world for a long time.
So why do we discuss Europe so much? Like why do we think of that? That's a great question.
And I'm going to ask you, why do you think America focuses so much on Europe history, European history in the Middle Ages? We
And also, like, it's a pretty white-centric, you know, country and a pretty
History, specifically for us, history has been very European-based in public schools.
But I do think we focus when we talk about, in America specifically, when we talk about the Middle Ages, we're talking about Europe.
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