Episode

No Such Thing As A Sausage Swingboat

2021-09-17 · 3 places on the map · episode transcript

1. Iberian PeninsulaOne-offSpain

   They took over most of the Iberian Peninsula. There was him who was Jebel Al-Tarique and there was another guy called Musa who were in charge — these two generals — and then for some reason in 714 they were both accused…

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2. DamascusOne-offSyria

   In 714, two generals were both accused of misappropriation of funds sent back to Damascus, and they both died in complete obscurity — they were the ones who brought the Islamic invasion into Spain.

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3. Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic)One-offSri Lanka

   It's the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy in Sri Lanka. It's a tooth of the Buddha dating to about 300 AD — you can't really see it when you go there.

   mentioned at 00:26:03 · See it on the map →

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