Vol 2 Ep 13 - Ancient Egypt: The Middle Kingdom
2040 - 1640 BCE - A new kingdom emerges in the Egyptian lands, but things are slightly different this time, with the Pharaohs needing to build their reputation by displaying those strong leadership qu...
21 Apr 201952min
Vol 2 Ep 12 - Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom
3150 - 2134 BCE - From the unification of the Egyptian kingdom through its journey through great prosperity and a golden age of pyramid building, right through to its subsequent fall towards the end o...
14 Apr 201943min
Vol 2 Ep 11 - SUMMARY - The Ancient Near East
3000 - 700 BCE - We walk together through the entire journey of Mesopotamia, eastern Anatolia and the Levant during the two thousand year plus ancient era of the Near East.
7 Apr 201942min
Vol 2 Ep 10 - The Religion of Canaan and Phoenicia
1200 - 516 BCE - Digging deeper into the spiritual side of the geographical area which gave birth to Judaism and how polytheism turned into monotheism. We try to uncover the true identity of God.
31 Mars 201949min
Vol 2 Ep 9 - The Phoenicians
1200 - 264 BCE - The expert Mediterranean traders that the Greeks called the Phoenicians, who established the important colony of Carthage, the principal centre of Phoenician politics.
24 Mars 201946min
Vol 2 Ep 8 - BATTLE - The Siege of Lachish ( 701 BCE )
701 BCE - Assyria under the rule of Sennacherib needed to subjugate the Kingdom of Judah under the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib wanted the Judean capital city of Jerusalem, but first he would need t...
17 Mars 201948min
Vol 2 Ep 7 - The Assyrian Empire
2000 - 610 BCE - The incredible story of an empire that survived the Late Bronze Age Collapse and then dominated the Near East like no other before, with iron age technology and an aggressive foreign ...
10 Mars 201951min
Vol 2 Ep 6 - The Late Bronze Age Collapse
1200 - 1050 BCE - All of the societies of the Near East either weakened considerably or disappeared altogether. What could have possibly happened to cause this dramatic turn of events?
3 Mars 201946min
