Before Islam The Collapse Nobody Saw Coming
In the year 602, a Roman emperor was murdered by his own soldiers. His head was paraded through the streets of Constantinople. ...
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Akkadian Empire: How Sargon Built the World’s First Empire—and Why It Collapsed | Full Documentary
In the final decades of Aadian power, the old certainty began to break apart. Provincial cities resisted. Roads and trade route...
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The Hittites: The Empire That Challenged Egypt and Vanished
When most people imagine the great empires of the ancient world, they see Egypt. They see pyramids rising above the desert, gol...
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Parthia: The Empire That Stopped Rome in the East
In 53 BCE, a Roman army advanced beyond the Euphrates under Marcus Licinius Crassus. Rome had defeated kingdoms from Spain to A...
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The Sassanian Empire: How Persia Challenged Rome for 400 Years | Full Documentary
In 260 CE, the Roman Emperor Valyrian led an imperial army eastward into a region shaken by invasion, disease, and political in...
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Peñico, Peru: The 3,800-Year-Old City That Rose After Caral
Around 3,800 years ago, something was changing in the valleys of Peru's north central coast. The great urban centers associated...
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