Migration, Ancient DNA, and European Prehistory: Interview with Kristian Kristiansen
Over the past several decades, ancient DNA and other archaeological sciences have transformed our understanding of Europe in prehistory. Professor Kristian Kristiansen has worked with these new method...
5 Mai 202240min
The Steppes of Central Asia in the Bronze Age: Interview with Professor Michael Frachetti
The Eurasian steppe is central to grasping the past 5,000 years of human history, and in the past couple of decades, new tools of analysis have transformed our understanding of the place and its impor...
28 Apr 202255min
Indo-Aryans, the Rigveda, and a World on the Move
Four thousand years ago, the sprawling cities of the Indus Valley Civilization dominated much of South Asia; a millennium after that, however, the cities were in ruins, and new migrants ultimately der...
21 Apr 202245min
The World of the Indo-Iranians
More than a billion people around the world speak a language of the Indo-Iranian family today. These languages all trace their origin to a group of innovative people living on the steppes of southern ...
14 Apr 202247min
What was the Indus Valley Civilization? Interview with Dr. Adam Green
The Indus Valley Civilization doesn’t get much attention compared to Mesopotamia or Egypt, but it covered an area of a million square kilometers, was home to hundreds of thousands or millions of peopl...
7 Apr 202249min
Languages of the World in 1200 BC
Language is fundamental to how people experience the world, but how can we know what languages people spoke in the distant past? By 1200 BC, the linguistic outlines of the world were becoming a bit cl...
31 Mar 202240min
Kathryn de Luna on Africa, Bantu, and Historical Linguistics
About one in every five people alive on the planet today speaks a language belonging to the Bantu family, and Bantu-speaking peoples have shaped the history of Africa in profound ways. But how did the...
24 Mar 202251min
What is the State?
The state - a centralized administration that exerts control over a territory and can coerce the people living there - is one of the driving forces of the last several thousand years of history. But w...
17 Mar 202240min
