The Buddha - born Siddartha Gautama - is one of the most impactful people in human history, founder of a religious tradition that has shaped the world for the past 2,500 years. But the Buddha was also a real person who lived at a specific place and time. What can we know about the Buddha's world, and how did it shape him and his message?
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Cyrus the Great and the Rise of the Persian Empire
Theocracy, Fragmentation, and the Kushite Kings: Egypt after the New Kingdom
The Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Destruction of Jerusalem
The Rise of the Persian Empire: Professor Matt Waters on Ancient Empires and Cyrus the Great
Summer Book Club: Dr. Keith Pluymers on Indigenous America
The Iron Fist of Empire and the Destruction of Israel and Judah
The Roots of Israel and Judah
Headhunting, Migration, and Ancient DNA in Iron Age Europe: Interview with Professor Ian Armit
Childhood, Motherhood, and the Body in Iron Age Europe: Interview with Professor Katharina Rebay-Salisbury
The Last Kings of Rome and the Foundation of the Roman Republic
The Hallstatt Culture, the Celts, and the Rise of the European Iron Age
Burial Urns, Warrior Chiefs, and the Origins of the Celts
The Urbanization of Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Francesca Fulminante
The Orientalizing Mediterranean
Iron Age Iberia and the Lost Civilization of the Tartessians
Building Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Andrea Brock
The Birth of Rome
Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient Mediterranean: Interview with Professor Peter van Dommelen
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