The Western Traditions Podcast

Episide 25 - Fourth Mesopotamia

The Persians rise to power. Israel returns from exile.

Episode 24 - Third Mesopotamia

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

Episode 23 - Ancient Israel

The story of the Bible and archaeological counter-perspectives.

Episode 22 - Fourth Egypt

The New Kingdom. Egypt, under the leadership of men and women, such as Ramses II and Hatshepsut, reaches its final pinnacle of achievement before declining one last time into the background of history.

Episode 21 - Ancient Crete

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

Episode 20 - Third Egypt

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

Episode 19 - Bronze Age Anatolia

The Hittites take over the Anatolian peninsula in the 2nd millennium BC. The first Indo-European speaking power takes the stage and meets with the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians.

Episode 18 - Second Mesopotamia

The story returns to Mesopotamia. Here, in the early second millennium BC, Babylon rises to power. The episode further considers societal and technological developments for all of mankind at the height of the Bronze Age.

Episode 17 - Second Egypt

Old Kingdom Egypt. Great kings and great pyramids. Egypt makes its lasting mark on human history.

Episode 16 - Canaan and Phoenicia

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