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Wondery / Patrick Wyman

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We're often told that Greece's Classical period lies at the root of "Western Civilization," but what was actually special about that time and place? Why did it produce so many works of literature, art, architecture, and philosophy that have survived and shaped the millennia to come? Patrick's book is now available! Get The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, an… Play episode

Carthage, Syracuse, and the Battle for Sicily
The Archaeology of the Indus Valley Civilization: Interview with Professor…
Business Wars: The Battle for OpenAI
The Rise of Carthage
The Mediterranean World in 500 BC
Why Do Ordinary People Do Terrible Things? Daniele Bolelli and Patrick Dis…
The Buddha and His World
Climate Change and the Fall of the Indus Valley Civilization: Interview wi…
The Rigveda and the Dawn of the Iron Age in South Asia
The Fall of the Indus Valley Civilization
The Rise of China's Warring States
Ordinary People in Ancient East Asia: Interview with Professor Kate Pechen…
Confucius and His Age
China in the Eastern Zhou: Spring and Autumn
Venice through the Ages, from Salt-Panners to Maritime Empire to Tourism: …
The State and the Environmental History of Early China: Interview with Pro…
The Western Zhou, 1046-771 BC
The Fall of the Shang Dynasty and the Rise of the Zhou
The Rise of the State in China
The Languages of Eurasia around 500 BC
Cities, the Etruscans, and Global Urbanism: Interview with Professor Simon…
Did Justinian Restore the Roman Empire or Ruin It? Professor Peter Sarris …
The Scythian World
The Iron Age Steppe and the Emergence of the Scythians
The Greco-Persian Wars 4: Plataea and the Aftermath
Cutting-Edge Archaeology on the Eurasian Steppe: Gino Caspari on the Scyth…
The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 3: Athens in Flames and the Battle of Salamis
The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 2: Xerxes and the Invasion of Greece
The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 1: The Ionian Revolt to the Battle of Marathon
Thinking Like a Persian King: Professor John Hyland on the Persian Perspec…
Persia Ascendant
Midas, Croesus, and the Lost Kingdoms of Iron Age Anatolia
The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah: Interview with Professor Avra…
Patrick is Hosting a New Show! Check out the "Pursuit of Dadliness" Now!
Cyrus the Great and the Rise of the Persian Empire
Theocracy, Fragmentation, and the Kushite Kings: Egypt after the New Kingd…
The Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Destruction of Jerusalem
The Rise of the Persian Empire: Professor Matt Waters on Ancient Empires a…
Summer Book Club: Dr. Keith Pluymers on Indigenous America
The Iron Fist of Empire and the Destruction of Israel and Judah
The Roots of Israel and Judah
Headhunting, Migration, and Ancient DNA in Iron Age Europe: Interview with…
Childhood, Motherhood, and the Body in Iron Age Europe: Interview with Pro…
The Last Kings of Rome and the Foundation of the Roman Republic
The Hallstatt Culture, the Celts, and the Rise of the European Iron Age
Burial Urns, Warrior Chiefs, and the Origins of the Celts
The Urbanization of Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Francesca Fulminante
The Orientalizing Mediterranean
Iron Age Iberia and the Lost Civilization of the Tartessians

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Wondery / Patrick Wyman

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Classical Greece