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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings in the Ancient Near East: Interview with Professor Amanda Podany
Season 5 Episode 2
The sheer amount of time separating the establishment of the first cities in the ancient Near East, and the invention of cuneiform writing, from the …
3 years, 10 months ago
From a World of Iron to Classical Empires
Season 5 Episode 1
Welcome to the Iron Age, and to a new season of Tides of History! The first millennium BC saw the emergence of two huge and enduring empires at eithe…
3 years, 10 months ago
Retrospective: Prehistory Season
Season 4 Episode 122
After two and a half years and 126 episodes, Season 4 of Tides is coming to an end. Patrick recaps what we've learned, how things have changed in a r…
3 years, 10 months ago
Revisiting the Ancient Americas with Professor Shane Miller
Season 4 Episode 121
I've had the opportunity to talk to a lot of great people during this season, and Professor Shane Miller of Mississippi State University has been inc…
3 years, 10 months ago
What is "Collapse?" Interview with Professor Guy Middleton
Season 4 Episode 120
"Collapse" is an evocative and powerful term, but what does it really mean? And how can we use it to help us understand the actual processes and even…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Battle of the Tollense Valley
Season 4 Episode 119
More than 3,000 years ago, two armies met in a titanic Bronze Age battle along a river in northern Germany. We don’t know why they fought or who won,…
3 years, 11 months ago
Tutankhamun's Trumpet and the Long, Winding Past of Ancient Egypt: Interview with Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson
Season 4 Episode 118
What ties the long history of ancient Egypt together into a meaningful whole? Professor Toby Wilkinson, one of the most renowned Egyptologists on the…
3 years, 11 months ago
After the Bronze Age Collapse
Season 4 Episode 117
As dramatic and transformative as collapses are, they're rarely a complete apocalypse. People survived the Bronze Age Collapse, and then they had to …
3 years, 11 months ago
Season 4 Mailbag: Prehistory and Early History
Season 4 Episode 116
It's mailbag time! Patrick answers a variety of questions about topics covered (and not covered) in this season of Tides, ranging from Svante Pääbo's…
4 years ago
Empires, Networks, and the Hittites: Interview with Professor Claudia Glatz
Season 4 Episode 115
What is an empire? It sounds straightforward enough, but figuring out what the term means - much less whether it really helps us understand past poli…
4 years ago