Sun, 28 December 2014
This is a survey of the world in which Cyrus started his career. A look at the Mediterranean World, China, Central Asia, and then the Mesopotamian context for the rise of Cyrus. |
Tue, 11 November 2014
History of Iran podcast, episode nine. On the Herodotian narrative of the Median Empire and modern scholarship's correctives to it. |
Sun, 7 September 2014
where I apologise about the temporary break and talk about the upcoming episode |
Thu, 10 April 2014
The history the Neo-Elamite kingdom, 1100-539 BCE |
Mon, 20 January 2014
A quick summary of the Indo-European theory, before delving into Indo-Iranians... and yes, a bit about the Aryans and the Ariians... |
Tue, 7 January 2014
In this episode we talk about the ethno-linguistic make up of western Iran in the second and early first millenia BCE. |