The Battle of Tours (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In the year 732, one of the most important battles in world history took place between the cities of Tours and Portier in France. On one side was an unstoppable juggernaut that had amassed one of the largest empires in world history in less than a century. On the other side was a vastly outnumbered force that lacked the primary weapon of the era, heavy cavalry. The outcome of that battle can still be seen in the world today. Learn more about the Batte of Tours and the battle that shaped Europe on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:07.2	In the year 732, one of the most important battles in world history took place between the cities of Tours and Portier in France.
0:15.4	On one side was an unstoppable juggernaut that had amassed one of the largest empires in world history in less
0:21.5	than a century. On the other side was a vastly outnumbered force that lacked the primary
0:26.8	weapon of the era heavy cavalry. The outcome of the battle can still be seen in the world today.
0:33.3	Learn more about the Battle of Tours and the battle that shaped Europe on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:24.8	A while back, I did an episode on the most important battles in history. These weren't the biggest
1:29.6	battles or the battles where a general showed the greatest brilliance, but the battles whose outcome
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