Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast

About Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast

The History of Iran from ca. 3000 BCE to the early 20th centiry

Publisher

Khodadad Rezakhan

Category

arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jul 2013

Latest episode

16 Feb 2020

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Feb 2020

   Special Episodes, Ep. 1

   This episode is one of a three part series on the Fall of the Sasanians, produced in Persian.

2. 

   23 Oct 2015

   Episode 12: One more on Cyrus and the Origins of His Empire

   Cyrus and the conquest of Media and Elam.

3. 

   3 Jun 2015

   Episode 11: Kingdom of Anshan and Cyrus the Great

   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.

4. 

   28 Dec 2014

   Episode 10: the World that Cyrus Conquered

   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.

5. 

   12 Nov 2014

   Episode 9: the Disappearing Kingdom: Medes and the Median Empire

   History of Iran podcast, episode nine. On the Herodotian narrative of the Median Empire and modern scholarship's correctives to it.

6. 

   7 Sept 2014

   Applogy amd Explanation Episode

   where I apologise about the temporary break and talk about the upcoming episode

7. 

   10 Apr 2014

   Episode 8: the Neo-Elamite Kingdom

   The history the Neo-Elamite kingdom, 1100-539 BCE

8. 

   20 Jan 2014

   Episode 7: Indo-Europeans and Indo-Iranians

   A quick summary of the Indo-European theory, before delving into Indo-Iranians... and yes, a bit about the Aryans and the Ariians...

9. 

   8 Jan 2014

   Episode 6: the Peoples and Languages of Iran in the Early Iron Age

   In this episode we talk about the ethno-linguistic make up of western Iran in the second and early first millenia BCE.

10. 

    18 Dec 2013

    Episode 5: the Middle Elamite Period

    The Middle Elamites, from 1500-1100 BCE

11. 

    12 Oct 2013

    Episode 4: the Sukkalmah

    History of the Sukkalmah (ca. 1950-1600 BCE) or the Golden Age of the Old Elamite Kingdom

12. 

    22 Aug 2013

    Episode 3: from Pre-History to the Old Elamites

    A quick summary of the history from the middle Chalcolithich to 1700 BCE.

13. 

    4 Aug 2013

    Episode 2: the Geography

14. 

    26 Jul 2013

    Episode 1: the Introduction

    The first episode of the History of Iran Podcast. In this episode, we provide a general introduction to the podcast.

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