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Who Were the Sea Peoples?
Season 4 Episode 114
When assigning blame for the Bronze Age Collapse, the most common culprits are said to be the Sea Peoples: nomadic raiders and sackers of cities who …
4 years ago
The Fall of Mycenaean Greece and the Trojan War
Season 4 Episode 113
Mycenaean Greece was one of the glittering jewels of the late Bronze Age world, but it fell to pieces in dramatic fashion: burned palaces, abandoned …
4 years ago
How Ancient Economies Fell Apart: Interview with Professor Sarah Murray
Season 4 Episode 112
We're often told that trade was central to the interconnected world of the late Bronze Age, but what were people really trading? Why did trade matter…
4 years, 1 month ago
What was the Bronze Age Collapse?
Season 4 Episode 111
The term "Bronze Age Collapse" is by now common, but what do we actually mean when we talk about "collapse?" Is it a matter of political reorganizati…
4 years, 1 month ago
Clashing Empires in the Late Bronze Age
Season 4 Episode 110
The late Bronze Age was a time of powerful empires and intense competition between them. Never before had true states covered such a large area, or h…
4 years, 1 month ago
Living as a Regular Person in Ancient Egypt: Interview with Professor Anne Austin
Season 4 Episode 109
What was it like to be a regular person in ancient Egypt? What did people do when they got sick or injured? Professor Anne Austin is an Egyptologist …
4 years, 1 month ago
The Interconnected World of the Late Bronze Age
Season 4 Episode 108
We know the late Bronze Age world eventually collapsed, but what made it a world in the first place? The answer lies in the intense connections - tra…
4 years, 1 month ago
Daily Life and Common People in Egypt's New Kingdom
Season 4 Episode 107
When we think about ancient Egypt, the vast majority of our attention goes to its elite: pharaohs, queens, priests, and nobles. But the elite made up…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why Did the Bronze Age World Collapse? Interview with Professor Eric Cline
Season 4 Episode 106
If we know one thing about the Bronze Age world, we know that it collapsed. But what made it a world? And why did it fall apart? There's nobody bette…
4 years, 2 months ago
Kings, Images, and Violence in Ancient Egypt: Interview with Professor Laurel Bestock
Season 4 Episode 105
Kings are one of the constants of ancient Egypt's long history. But what, exactly, were kings supposed to do, and how did ancient Egyptians understan…
4 years, 2 months ago