Dad Tangent - Spain’s Silver Rush: Carthage Accidentally Invents the Ancient Tech Boom

History with Dad
07/01/2026 7 min Temporada 2 Episodio 7

Listen "Dad Tangent - Spain’s Silver Rush: Carthage Accidentally Invents the Ancient Tech Boom"

Descargar episodio Ver en sitio original

Episode Synopsis

Spain’s silver mines sparked the ancient world’s version of a tech boom — complete with hype, boomtown chaos, and a lot of very tired workers. In this Dad Tangent, we break down how the Barcids turned Iberia into an economic engine that reshaped the Mediterranean. If you’re enjoying the show, hit follow here on Spotify and support the podcast at buymeacoffee.com/historywithdad.

More episodes of the podcast History with Dad

Dad Tangent - Rome Swipes Right: The Gaulish Alliance Dating Game 08/01/2026
S2E7 - Rome & Carthage - The Spanish Years: Hamilcar’s Legacy, Hasdrubal’s Rise, and Rome’s Growing Alarm (237–218 BCE) 06/01/2026
Dad Tangent - “Oops, We Forgot to Pay the Army” — History’s Worst Civil Wars (That Started at Home) 01/01/2026
Dad Tangent - “How to Raise a World-Class General (Step One: No Toys)” — Hannibal’s Wild Childhood 31/12/2025
S2E6 - Rome & Carthage - Fire and Debt: The Mercenary War That Nearly Destroyed Carthage 30/12/2025
Dad Tangent - The Spartan Who Saved Carthage: Xanthippus and the One-Hit Wonder War 25/12/2025
Dad Tangent - Elephants on the Front Lines: How Carthage Weaponized Giants (and Sometimes Regretted It) 24/12/2025
S2E5 - Rome & Carthage - The First Punic War: Mercenaries and Mutinies (256–241 BCE) 23/12/2025
Dad Tangent - The Corvus: How Rome’s Boarding Bridge Broke Physics and Beat Carthage 18/12/2025
Dad Tangent - How to Build a Navy in a Year: Rome’s Great DIY Fleet Project 17/12/2025
© 2003-2026 ZARZA | AHEAD OF OUR TIME
privacy policy
In God we trust In God we trust
PreSales Questions? Click Here
or call our toll-free line at +1-888-5002068 Miami, Florida, USA