The Ancient World

History from early civilizations through the Roman era AI summary

Scott C. Visit website › History · EN · 184 episodes · latest 2026-10-11

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From the first human civilizations to the Hellenistic and Roman eras

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  1. Episode A17 - Land Gave Me to Land

    2026-10-11 · 37 min · Season 2, episode 17

    Synopsis: 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 subjugate Nubian lands. While the south…

  2. Episode A16 - Contact

    2026-09-27 · 36 min · Season 2, episode 16

    Synopsis: 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…

  3. Episode A15 - Band of Brothers

    2026-09-13 · 38 min · Season 2, episode 15

    Synopsis: 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…

  4. Episode A14 - Fame Imperishable

    2026-08-30 · 35 min · Season 2, episode 14

    Synopsis: 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…

  5. Episode A13 - The Steppe and The Sewn

    2026-08-16 · 33 min · Season 2, episode 13

    SEASON 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…

  6. Episode A12 - The Flood

    2026-03-15 · 51 min · Season 2, episode 12

    SEASON 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,…

  7. Episode A11 - Behind the Mountains

    2026-03-01 · 52 min · Season 2, episode 11

    Synopsis: 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…

  8. Episode A10 - The Sword of Sumer

    2026-03-01 · 42 min · Season 2, episode 10

    Synopsis: 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…

  9. Episode A9 - Seventy Kings

    2026-01-18 · 32 min · Season 2, episode 9

    Synopsis: 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…

  10. Episode A8 - Who Was King

    2026-01-07 · 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 the south through the aftermath. The brief…

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Oldest episode in feed
04/2012 · over 14 years
Typical length
31 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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