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From the first human civilizations to the Hellenistic and Roman eras
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- Episode A17 - Land Gave Me to Land · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 17Synopsis: The long-lived rulers of Egypt’s Twelfth Dynasty undertook the kingdom’s revitalization – restoring the depleted Faiyum Oasis and raising a massive chain of forts to…
- Episode A16 - Contact · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 16Synopsis: The Sintashta way of life and death seeds aspects of Vedic Aryan Hinduism and Iranian Zoroastrianism, while their quest for a lucrative market for metals brings them…
- Episode A15 - Band of Brothers · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 15Synopsis: Yamnaya migrations east and west carried their language and culture to the mountains of Siberia and plains of Hungary. Over the following centuries, their Corded…
- Episode A14 - Fame Imperishable · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 14Synopsis: The fall of Old Europe and dissolution of the Cucuteni-Tripolye Culture left horse-riding steppe-herders the unchallenged paradigm on the Pontic-Caspian steppe. The…
- Episode A13 - The Steppe and The Sewn · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 13SEASON 3 PREMIERE Synopsis: Despite the generally inhospitable environment, many ancient hunter-gatherers made the Northern Steppe their home. During the 6th and 5th millennia…
- Episode A12 - The Flood · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 12SEASON 2 FINALE Synopsis: Shulgi and his successors face major challenges to Ur III rule, including Amorite attacks, Sumerian rivals, and a newly-emboldened Shimashki. “The god…
- Episode A11 - Behind the Mountains · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 11Synopsis: The Proto-Elamite horizon sparked innovation and trade throughout Iran and Central Asia, and its collapse saw the emergence of numerous “secondary states”. Toward the…
- Episode A10 - The Sword of Sumer · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 10Synopsis: Ur-Namma unifies Sumer and ejects the Elamites. His son, King Shulgi, designs a new empire and begins a push for Zagros domination. “The trustworthy shepherd, king…
- Episode A9 - Seventy Kings · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 9Synopsis: With the fall of the Old Kingdom, power devolves to the various nomes. The Herakleopolitan House of Khety extends control over most of Egypt before eventually being…
- Episode A8 - Who Was King · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 8[NOTE: This new version features improved audio] Synopsis: The impacts of the Aridification Event lead to Akkadian collapse. Gudea of Lagash asserts independence and shepherds…
- Episode A7 - The Abode of Clouds · 40 min · Season 2Synopsis: The science behind the 4.2 kiloyear BPE Aridification Event. “The great farming tracts brought forth no grain, The irrigated farming tracts brought forth no fish…
- Episode A6 - The Reign of Ishtar · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 6Synopsis: The Akkadian Empire reaches its zenith under the rule of Naram-Sin. “Its king, the shepherd, Naram-Sin, Shone forth like sunrise on the holy throne of Agade, Its…
- Episode A5 - The Cupbearer · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 5Synopsis: Sargon of Akkad forges the world’s first Empire. “After Enlil’s baleful glare Had slain Kish like the Bull of Heaven, Had slaughtered house and land of Uruk in the…
- Episode A4 - The Pinnacle · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 4Synopsis: This episode covers the rise and fall of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. “The Second Dynasty consists of nine kings of This. The first was Boethos, for 38 years. In his…
- Bonus Feed-Swap with The History of Egypt Podcast · 47 minHi everyone! My friend Dominic at THoE and I are doing a feed-swap this week. It's a great chance to introduce you to his new set of episodes on the pharaoh Ramesses II. More…
- Episode A3 - Kings of Kish · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 3Synopsis: This episode covers the Early Dynastic Period in Sumer and northern Syria. “Eannatum gave the great battle net of Enlil to the leader of Umma and made him swear to him…
- Episode A2 - The First Royal House · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 2Synopsis: This episode covers the early civilizations of Egypt and the Caucasus region, including the Kura-Araxes and Maikop. “In succession to the Spirits of the Dead and the…
- Episode A1 - The Four Quarters · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 1Synopsis: The launch of “The Ancient World – Ages”, a new series covering the Early Bronze Age Collapse (c. 2200 BC) and the remaking of Southwest Eurasia. We start things off…
- Episode S8 - Decumbo · 35 minSynopsis: Part 2 of a two-part Spotlight series on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Galerius: refugee, herdsman, soldier, Caesar, Augustus, Tetrarch, conqueror, schemer…
- Episode S7 - Ascendo · 31 minSynopsis: Part 1 of a two-part Spotlight series on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Galerius: refugee, herdsman, soldier, Caesar, Augustus, Tetrarch, conqueror, schemer…
