The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World

Discover the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.

• By This Professor
• 01: Taking on the Other Side of History
• 02: Being Paleolithic
• 03: Living in Mesopotamia
• 04: Being Egyptian
• 05: Belonging to an Egyptian Family
• 06: Practicing Egyptian Religion
• 07: Being a Dead Egyptian
• 08: Being an Egyptian Worker
• 09: Being Minoan and Mycenaean
• 10: Being Greek
• 11: Growing Up Greek
• 12: Being a Greek Slave
• 13: Being a Greek Soldier or Sailor
• 14: Being a Greek Woman
• 15: Relaxing Greek Style
• 16: Being a Greek Refugee
• 17: Being a Sick or Disabled Greek
• 18: Practicing Greek Religion
• 19: Being an Old Greek
• 20: Being a Dead Greek
• 21: Being Persian
• 22: Living in Hellenistic Egypt
• 23: Being Roman
• 24: Being a Roman Slave
• 25: Being a Roman Soldier
• 26: Being a Roman Woman
• 27: Being a Poor Roman
• 28: Being a Rich Roman
• 29: Being a Roman Celebrity
• 30: Being a Roman Criminal
• 31: Relaxing Roman Style
• 32: Practicing Roman Religion
• 33: Being Jewish under Roman Rule
• 34: Being Christian under Roman Rule
• 35: Being a Celt in Ancient Britain
• 36: Being a Roman Briton
• 37: Being Anglo-Saxon
• 38: Being a Viking Raider
• 39: Living under Norman Rule
• 40: Being Medieval
• 41: Being Poor in the Middle Ages
• 42: Being a Medieval Woman
• 43: Being a Medieval Christian or Heretic
• 44: Being a Medieval Knight
• 45: Being a Crusader
• 46: Being a Pilgrim
• 47: Relaxing Medieval Style
• 48: Daily Life Matters