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11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans
Jul 14, 2020On the outskirts of modern Istanbul, a line of ancient walls lies crumbling into the earth...In this episode, we look at one of history’s most incredible stories of survival - the thousand-year epic o...
10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Feb 24, 2020A city in ruins. A dynasty in tatters. An empire in ashes...This episode, we look at the remarkable story of the first empire of ancient China, the Han dynasty. With ancient Chinese poetry, songs and ...
9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Dec 16, 2019Beneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered...This episode, we look back at the age of the Aztecs. Learn how this society grew from nothing to create one of the...
8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities
Oct 25, 2019In the dusts of Iraq, the ruins of the world's first civilization lie buried. This episode, we travel into the extremely distant past to look at the Sumerians. These ancient people invented writing an...
7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Aug 29, 2019Today, the Songhai Empire is all but forgotten by history. But this medieval kingdom was once the most powerful force in Africa.Find out how this civilization grew up on the fringes of the Sahara Dese...
6. Easter Island - Where Giants Walked
Jun 29, 2019On one of the world’s most isolated islands, hundreds of vast stone statues lie mouldering in the grass. In this episode, we take a look at one of archaeology’s most enduring puzzles: the mystery of E...
5. The Khmer Empire - Fall of the God Kings
May 03, 2019Deep in the Cambodian Jungle, a ruined city crumbles among the roots of banyan trees. In this episode, we look at the history of the Khmer Empire of medieval Cambodia, and the ancient mega-city of Ang...
4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun
Mar 24, 2019One of the most unlikely tales of a society’s fall in is the incredible saga of the Vikings of Greenland. Find out the history of how these European settlers built a society on the farthest edge of th...
3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees
Feb 07, 2019In the tropical forests of Central America, vast stone pyramids slowly crumble beneath the trees.In this episode, we look at one of history's great romantic mysteries: the fall of the Classic Maya Civ...
2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse
Jan 21, 2019Around the year 1100 BC, a wave of destruction washed over the Eastern Mediterranean. It wiped whole civilizations off the map, and left only ash and ruin in its wake. This catastrophe, known as “the ...