In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...
In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and ...
2025-04-24 14:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostIn the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...
In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and ...
2025-03-23 17:00:36 +0000 UTC View PostIn the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...
In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and ...
2025-03-23 16:55:13 +0000 UTC View PostFar in the distance, three colossal shapes tower over the desert horizon…
In this episode, we travel to the Nile Valley, and tell the story of one of the most iconic cultures ever produced ...
2025-03-23 13:48:17 +0000 UTC View PostBuried beneath the city streets of the Tunisian capital of Tunis, an ancient city lies forgotten...
In this episode, we look at one of the most dramatic stories to come down to us from the an...
2025-03-23 13:46:56 +0000 UTC View PostIn the lowlands of Burma lie the remains of thousands of crumbling temples...
In this episode, we tell one of the most colourful stories of civilizational survival: the story of the Bagan Emp...
2025-03-23 13:45:34 +0000 UTC View PostIn the deserts of Jordan, a city lies hidden for centuries in a valley of rose-red stone...
In this episode, we look at one of the most peculiar stories of civilizational survival to come dow...
2025-03-23 13:40:44 +0000 UTC View PostOn the rocky banks of South India's Tungabhadra River, an enormous ruined city lies crumbling...
In this episode, we look at the Vijayanagara Empire of Southern India, a civilization that has...
2025-03-23 13:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostIn the lowlands of Northern Iraq, a series of enormous cities lies crumbling in ruins...
In this episode, find out about one of the most remarkable ancient civilizations: the society known to...
2025-03-23 13:23:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that these amazing limited edition version of the Fall of Civilizations paperback are now on sale, with the marvelous sprayed edge design. And of cou...
2025-03-21 10:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostHigh up on the craggy peaks of the Urubamba Canyon, a lost city lies wreathed in cloud...
In this episode, we explore the mountains of the Andes, and tell the story of the Inca Empire. Find o...
2025-03-19 16:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostOn the outskirts of modern Istanbul, a line of ancient walls lies crumbling into the earth...
In this episode, we look at one of history’s most incredible stories of survival - the thousand...
2025-03-19 16:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostA city in ruins. A dynasty in tatters. An empire in ashes...
This episode, we look at the remarkable story of the first empire of ancient China, the Han dynasty. With ancient Chinese poetry, ...
2025-03-19 16:23:38 +0000 UTC View PostBeneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered...
This episode, we look back at the age of the Aztecs. Learn how this society grew from nothing to create ...
2025-03-19 10:24:18 +0000 UTC View PostIn the dusts of Iraq, the ruins of the world's first civilization lie buried.
This episode, we travel into the extremely distant past to look at the Sumerians. These ancient people invented ...
2025-03-19 10:20:48 +0000 UTC View PostToday, the Songhai Empire is all but forgotten by history. But this medieval kingdom was once the most powerful force in Africa.
Find out how this civilization grew up on the fringes of the S...
2025-03-19 10:17:29 +0000 UTC View PostOn one of the world’s most isolated islands, hundreds of vast stone statues lie mouldering in the grass.
In this episode, we take a look at one of archaeology’s most enduring puzzles: th...
2025-03-19 10:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostDeep in the Cambodian Jungle, a ruined city crumbles among the roots of banyan trees.
In this episode, we look at the history of the Khmer Empire of medieval Cambodia, and the ancient mega-c...
2025-03-19 10:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the most unlikely tales of a society’s fall in is the incredible saga of the Vikings of Greenland.
Find out the history of how these European settlers built a society on the farthes...
2025-03-19 10:07:16 +0000 UTC View PostIn the tropical forests of Central America, vast stone pyramids slowly crumble beneath the trees.
In this episode, we look at one of history's great romantic mysteries: the fall of the Classi...
2025-03-19 09:58:31 +0000 UTC View PostAround the year 1100 BC, a wave of destruction washed over the Eastern Mediterranean. It wiped whole civilizations off the map, and left only ash and ruin in its wake.
This catastrophe, know...
2025-03-19 09:45:22 +0000 UTC View PostA vast ruined bath house, a fire-damaged poem and a world teetering on the brink of collapse.
In this episode, we look at the history of the collapse of Roman Britain. Find out how a great c...
2025-03-19 09:42:07 +0000 UTC View Post[Apologies, something buggy has happened with patreon, and the video can now be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts...
2025-03-10 14:34:12 +0000 UTC View PostAllsen, Thomas T.. Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Ball, Warwick. The Eurasian Steppe: People, Mov...
2024-12-04 15:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe second part of Episode 19.
2024-11-22 14:59:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you to everyone for your patience in waiting for a new episode. It has been a crazy year, with starting a family and looking after a newborn. But this episode has been an absolute joy to work...
2024-11-22 14:23:31 +0000 UTC View PostWe had such an amazing response from our community with our last batch of signed copies, and amazingly we completely sold out of them. I think the publisher was a bit taken by surprise at the respo...
2024-06-06 14:12:10 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a very exciting day today, because this is finally going out into the world! Thanks to everyone on Patreon who has given such a great response to this book. The channel really has a brilliant ...
2024-04-25 10:51:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to everyone for your patience in waiting for this one. This whole episode has now been 9 months in the making, from starting writing to finishing the video, and has been one of our longest a...
2024-04-11 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHighly Recommended Reading:
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
Writings from Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
Edward Wente’s Letters from ancie...
2024-01-20 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post