The Persians were unlikely successors to the Assyrians and Babylonians, a fringe people of no particular importance, until Cyrus the Great became the most successful conqueror the world had ever seen. He built an empire stretching from Central Asia to the borders of Egypt, the Aegean to the Persian Gulf, and laid the foundations for a state that would last for 200 years.
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Retrospective: Prehistory Season
Revisiting the Ancient Americas with Professor Shane Miller
What is "Collapse?" Interview with Professor Guy Middleton
The Battle of the Tollense Valley
Tutankhamun's Trumpet and the Long, Winding Past of Ancient Egypt: Interview with Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson
After the Bronze Age Collapse
Season 4 Mailbag: Prehistory and Early History
Empires, Networks, and the Hittites: Interview with Professor Claudia Glatz
Who Were the Sea Peoples?
The Fall of Mycenaean Greece and the Trojan War
How Ancient Economies Fell Apart: Interview with Professor Sarah Murray
What was the Bronze Age Collapse?
Clashing Empires in the Late Bronze Age
Living as a Regular Person in Ancient Egypt: Interview with Professor Anne Austin
The Interconnected World of the Late Bronze Age
Daily Life and Common People in Egypt's New Kingdom
Why Did the Bronze Age World Collapse? Interview with Professor Eric Cline
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