011_Stuck in the Middle Kingdom Edition
Episode Notes The Middle Kingdom was born and died in blood and fire. It aimed for stability and told wonderful tales until the wrong people heard them and got the wrong impression. Shhh! Loose lips...
25 Sep 201717min
010_Bigger Pyramids are Better Edition
Episode Notes The Egyptian Old Kingdom created the first nation state and then built the largest structures people would build for 4000 years and then it all faded away like sand cast on an ocean bree...
25 Sep 201728min
009_Denial ain't just a River in Egypt
Episode Notes Ancient Egypt was made by geography. A river in the middle of the desert which flooded in a nice predicatable way which made Egypt the richest country in the world.
25 Sep 201726min
008_Everything and the Kitchen Sink, Persian Army Edition
Episode Notes The Persians built the largest armies in the western world until the age of Napoleon. How did they do it? and what did they look like? Here we discuss the invention of imperial armies ...
25 Sep 201725min
007_Cyrus is THE MAN, Edition. Persian Politics
Episode Notes The Persians created an empire housing one-quarter of the ancient world's population - linking Europe to India. Founded by Cyrus the Great - a Conqueror, a King, a Messiah.
25 Sep 201737min
000_Why History
Episode Notes The First Episode. AN Introduction to Why We Study History and why it is not just Names and Dates!
16 Sep 201727min
