10. The Bronze Age Collapse

11: The Assyrian Empire and You

What could the Assyrian Empire, the largest and most brutal of its day, possibly have to do with contemporary politics?

10. The Bronze Age Collapse

What do you do when your world dies around you? This was the question millions faced when a Pandora's box of troubles brought down the Mediterranean World at the end of the Bronze age. Join Lance, William and L.B. as they strive to crack one of the great mysteries of the human story.

9. The Peloponnesian War

University of Texas philosophy professor Devin Stauffer joins the show to discuss one of history's most consequential wars–a war that pitted Sparta against Athens and triggered the decline of Ancient Greece.

8. Early Ancient China

A new civilization rises in the East, bringing sophisticated organization, profound philosophy, and bodies buried in city walls.

7. Encrypted History: The Indus Valley and Minoan Civilizations

The Indus Valley Civilization and the Minoan Civilization were both highly advanced, highly influential nations of the ancient world, yet our knowledge of them is obscured by our inability to decipher their writing systems (Indus Valley Script and Linear A). Hear Lance Fever Myers, William Gold, and L.B. Deyo struggle to draw deep knowledge from limited archaeological evidence. They will fail and so, dear listener will you!