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The Ancient World
by Scott C.
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| Date | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 3 | #171 |
About the show
From the first human civilizations to the Hellenistic and Roman eras
Latest episodes
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Episode A16 - Contact
September 27, 2026 · 36 minSynopsis: 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 into contact with the Oxus Civilization and – through them…
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Episode A15 - Band of Brothers
September 13, 2026 · 38 minSynopsis: 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 Ware/Bell Beaker successors spread their daughter languages to the…
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Episode A14 - Fame Imperishable
August 30, 2026 · 35 minSynopsis: 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 introduction of the wagon around 3500 BC enabled their adoption…
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Episode A13 - The Steppe and The Sewn
August 16, 2026 · 33 minSEASON 3 PREMIERE Synopsis: Despite the generally inhospitable environment, many ancient hunter-gatherers made the Northern Steppe their home. During the 6th and 5th millennia BC, their interactions with successive waves of migrating…
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Episode A12 - The Flood
March 15, 2026 · 51 minSEASON 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 Enlil granted to Shu-Sin a long lifespan, a crown and tiara…
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Episode A11 - Behind the Mountains
March 1, 2026 · 52 minSynopsis: 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 end of the Third Millennium BC, the dominant polity east of…
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Episode A10 - The Sword of Sumer
March 1, 2026 · 42 minSynopsis: 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, the sword of Sumer, Ur-Namma, the king of the Land, was taken…
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Episode A9 - Seventy Kings
January 18, 2026 · 32 minSynopsis: 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 defeated and deposed by the rival House of Thebes. “I took…