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The Desert, The Forests, and The Deccan
Season 3 Episode 26
This week we lay out some internal geographic features of the Indian Subcontinent and what effects that had on travel, trade, and habitation of the r…
3 years, 1 month ago
Shiva's Tresses and Bhirrana
Season 3 Episode 25
This week we move away from Mehrgarh to talk about the ancient sites in the Soan River Valley and Sivalik Hills then move further east and conclude w…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Indus and Mehrgarh
Season 3 Episode 24
This week we talk about the origin of the name of the Indus River and we talk about the first phase of Mehrgarh. A settlement that will last in some …
3 years, 1 month ago
Reaching the Indus
Season 3 Episode 23
This week we talk about how people entered South Asia and the banks of the Indus River. We also talked about some of the big geographic and meteorol…
3 years, 1 month ago
Into the Hindu Kush
Season 3 Episode 22
This week we begin to talk about South Asia at 8000-6000 BC/BCE. We're starting in the mountains of the Hindu Kush and I only digress three times. We…
3 years, 2 months ago
A Past and Future Junction
Season 3 Episode 21
This week we're moving into Central Asia. The humans moving into the region at this time were having to deal with the environmental changes left behi…
3 years, 2 months ago
Lands Between the Mountains
Season 3 Episode 20
This week see us return briefly to Iran to discuss a smaller number of sties that are only beginning to be established before we begin to move into C…
3 years, 2 months ago
On the Periphery Of the Rivers and Mountains
Season 3 Episode 19
This week we move into what is modern day Iran and talk about a few sites associated with the earliest evidence of domesticated sheep and goats as we…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mountains, Mesopotamia, and Arabia
Season 3 Episode 18
This week we finish Anatolia and move into the Caucasus Mountains, Pontic Mountains, Mesopotamia, Arabia, and Northern Iran and the Caspian Sea cost …
3 years, 3 months ago
Revising Catalhoyuk
Season 3 Episode 17
This week we finish our discussion of Catalhoyuk by talking about some of the early discussions of the site and what continued excavation of the loca…
3 years, 3 months ago