Special Episodes, Ep. 1
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
This episode is produced in Persian
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Episode 12: One more on Cyrus and the Origins of His Empire
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
Cyrus and the conquest of Media and Elam.
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Episode 11: Kingdom of Anshan and Cyrus the Great
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
This episode will talk about the Kingdom of Anshan and the historical context of the rise of Cyrus. It will also retell the story of the birth of Cyrus as told by Herodotus and provides a corrective.
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Episode 10: the World that Cyrus Conquered
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
This is a survey of the world in which Cyrus started his career. A look at the Mediterranean World, China, Central Asia, and then the Mesopotamian context for the rise of Cyrus.
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Episode 9: the Disappearing Kingdom: Medes and the Median Empire
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
History of Iran podcast, episode nine. On the Herodotian narrative of the Median Empire and modern scholarship's correctives to it.
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Applogy amd Explanation Episode
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
where I apologise about the temporary break and talk about the upcoming episode
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Episode 8: the Neo-Elamite Kingdom
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
The history the Neo-Elamite kingdom, 1100-539 BCE
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Episode 7: Indo-Europeans and Indo-Iranians
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
A quick summary of the Indo-European theory, before delving into Indo-Iranians... and yes, a bit about the Aryans and the Ariians...
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Episode 6: the Peoples and Languages of Iran in the Early Iron Age
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
In this episode we talk about the ethno-linguistic make up of western Iran in the second and early first millenia BCE.
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Episode 5: the Middle Elamite Period
Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast
The Middle Elamites, from 1500-1100 BCE
info_outlineThe first episode of the History of Iran Podcast. In this episode, we provide a general introduction to the podcast.