Series 1: The Ancient World

The Persians rise to power. Israel returns from exile.

Two empires: Assyrian and Babylonian. The fall of Israel and Judah.

The story of the Bible and archaeological counter-perspectives.

The last look at Ancient Egypt.

The descendants of the early European farmers found a unique civilization on the island of Crete and prepare the way for Greek culture.

The Middle Kingdom of Egypt. Renewal and flourish. The evolution of religious belief. The Hyksos take power and bring Egypt to another intermediate period.

The Hittites arrive in ancient Anatolia. With Bronze Age tools and weapons, they quickly take control of the peninsula. They encounter the Mesopotamians and the

Babylon rises to power in Mesopotamia after the fall of the Akkadian Empire.

The series returns to Egypt in the 3rd millennium BC, when the dynasties of the Old Kingdom leave their lasting mark on human history in

The land of milk and honey. Natufian culture transitions over thousands of years into the Semitic Canaanite culture of the Levant.

Another civilization springs up alongside the Nile River. But before there were pharaohs, there was a lot of history in Egypt, from the Paleolithic to

The first known civilization arises in Mesopotamia around the year 3,500 BC.

A brief review of the unprecedented Near Eastern transition into urban life.

A semi-legendary tribe, far to the north of lands previously described, expands into Europe and Asia carrying language and culture that will be passed down

The Natufian culture, the Rise of Jericho and Catal Huyuk, Neolithic religion and the cult of the skulls.

Great floods, the Younger Dryas Impact and the Toba eruption all present obstacles and challenges to the survival of early modern humans.

Early modern humans begin to work with copper and then bronze as their societies change and expand.

Early modern humans adapt to a changing world. The Natufian culture rises in the Levant. The developments of agriculture and domestication create the foundations of

Early modern humans begin the transition toward the Neolithic, tracking smaller game, experimenting with agriculture and building Gobekli Tepe.

A review of the first portion of the Stone Age – A time in which our ancestors emerge from many diverse groups of archaic humans

The development of life from single-celled organisms all the way to the earliest ancestors of man.

This fourth episode finally jumps into the historical timeline – starting with the creation of the universe.

 Prehistory

The Ancient World

The introduction to the Western Traditions podcast. The Great Books of the Western World and the Bible. The great men and women of western civilization.