Last time, we got up to speed on what was going on in the Near East in the centuries before the Persians showed up. What we didn't cover, was who exactly are these "Persians," and what were they doing while their future empire was being taken over by the Assyrians. This time, we figure that out as we follow some steppe nomads called the Proto-Indo-Europeans on their 3000-ish year journey to becoming the Persians.
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111: The Man Who Could Walk Through Empires
110: Hercules in New War-k
109 From Outer Egypt
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108: Dr. Alexander's Levant of Horrors
107: Hetairoi Monster
106: It Came From Beyond the Seas
105: The Life and Death of Philip II
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104: The Darius Restoration
103: Breaking the Binary
102: The Coup Without a King
101: Calendar Madness
100: The Greatest Achaemenid
99: Slaves of the King
98: Wars for the West
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