In this episode of Half-Arsed History, go on a journey through the history of chess, from its origins as an Indian board game called chaturanga, through its development in Persia and the Middle East, to become the international game it is today.
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Episode 203: William Shakespeare
Episode 202: Alexander the Great
Episode 201: Saladin
Episode 200: Six More Short Stories
Episode 199: Tamar the Great
Episode 198: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Episode 197: History of Nuclear Weapons
Episode 196: Bartholomew Roberts, Part 2
Episode 195: Bartholomew Roberts, Part 1
Episode 194: Ludwig van Beethoven
Episode 193: The History of Ukraine
Episode 192: Le Loi and the Lam Son Uprising
Episode 191: Cleopatra, Part 2
Episode 190: Cleopatra, Part 1
Episode 189: The Capture of Guam
Episode 188: Operation Mincemeat
Episode 187: The Great Train Robbery
Episode 186: The Battles of Salamis and Plataea
Episode 185: The Battle of Thermopylae
Episode 184: The Battle of Marathon
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