Western Civ

Cannae

The Years Between The Wars

A Quick Look At Day To Day Life

Round One of Rome Versus Carthage

Setting the Stage for the First Punic War

Rome Is Born And Quickly Expands

Alexander Fights His Final Campaigns

Alexander Takes on Mighty Persia

A Tour of the Classical World

Athens and Sparta Fight to the Death

The Greek and Persian Wars

A Closer Look at the Greek Fighting Machine

Cyrus, Darius, and the Persian Empire

Nebuchadnezzar II Leads Babylon to its Greatest, and Final, Age

Social Experimentation in Classical Greece

Assyria Rises Again And Then Falls…

Meanwhile, In Archaic Greece…

Israel Becomes a Nation While Assyria Makes a Comeback

The Near East Deals With Changes And Some Familiar Faces

In this episode, we shift our scene to the land of the Pharaohs. While in the Near East different cities vied for dominance, in ancient Egypt the lands along the Nile are quickly united, allowing the world's most sophisticated ancient civilization to develop.  Check out more at our WEBSITE. Become a PATRON to support the show and get over one-hundred hours of bonus content. Sources: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt The Good Kings A History of Ancient Egypt