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The Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Destruction of Jerusalem
Aug 17, 2023Despite controlling a huge swathe of the Near East for the better part of a century, the Neo-Babylonian Empire is nearly forgotten today, aside from one key act: the destruction of Jerusalem and the e...
The Rise of the Persian Empire: Professor Matt Waters on Ancient Empires and Cyrus the Great
Aug 10, 2023The Persian Empire followed in the footsteps of the Assyrians and Babylonians, but it was a much different entity than its predecessors, and its founder - Cyrus the Great - deserves to be mentioned am...
Summer Book Club: Dr. Keith Pluymers on Indigenous America
Aug 03, 2023It's summertime, and I hope you're reading some great books. Dr. Keith Pluymers joins me once again to talk about one that you all might enjoy, by the historian Pekka Hamalainen - Indigenous Continent...
The Iron Fist of Empire and the Destruction of Israel and Judah
Jul 27, 2023Israel and Judah flourished for centuries as kingdoms on the margins of the Near East's great empires, but when the Assyrians turned their attention toward their smaller neighbors, disaster and destru...
The Roots of Israel and Judah
Jul 20, 2023The roots of ancient Judaism, and the Abrahamic religions, are to be found in the arid hills and fertile valleys of Canaan more than 3,000 years ago. That was where the kingdoms of Israel and Judah ca...
Headhunting, Migration, and Ancient DNA in Iron Age Europe: Interview with Professor Ian Armit
Jul 13, 2023Professor Ian Armit has ranged both widely and deeply over the study of European prehistory, examining everything from headhunting practices among the ancient Celts to migration in the Bronze and Iron...
Childhood, Motherhood, and the Body in Iron Age Europe: Interview with Professor Katharina Rebay-Salisbury
Jul 06, 2023Thanks to cutting-edge tools, archaeologists can study the lives of past people in ways that were never before possible. Professor Katharina Rebay-Salisbury applies those tools to children and mothers...
The Last Kings of Rome and the Foundation of the Roman Republic
Jun 29, 2023What really happened in the last years of the 6th century BC? The Romans believed that this was the time when they overthrew their last king, Tarquinius Superbus, and founded the Republic, but how muc...
The Hallstatt Culture, the Celts, and the Rise of the European Iron Age
Jun 22, 2023The Hallstatt Culture defines the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age in Continental Europe. It was a time of long-distance connections between rich and powerful elites, migration,...
Burial Urns, Warrior Chiefs, and the Origins of the Celts
Jun 15, 2023While the Mediterranean world was experiencing its Bronze Age Collapse and the beginnings of the Iron Age, continental Europe north of the Alps was in the midst of its own fundamental transformation. ...