Soon after 1000 BC, Phoenicians began to take ever-longer voyages away from their homeland. Within just a few decades, they were already present at the far end of the Mediterranean and even further, past the Straits of Gibraltar on the Atlantic coast of Iberia. The process of creating an interconnected Mediterranean had begun.
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Season 4 Mailbag: Prehistory and Early History
Empires, Networks, and the Hittites: Interview with Professor Claudia Glatz
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The Fall of Mycenaean Greece and the Trojan War
How Ancient Economies Fell Apart: Interview with Professor Sarah Murray
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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
Kings, Images, and Violence in Ancient Egypt: Interview with Professor Laurel Bestock
Egypt's New Kingdom: Empire, Religious Change, and the Tomb of Tutankhamun
The Rise of Egypt's New Kingdom
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