The Western Traditions Podcast

Episode 15 - First Egypt

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 opening of the Bronze Age.

Episode 3 - introduction to Prehistory

Episode 2 - Introduction to the Ancient World

Episode 14 - First Mesopotamia

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

Episode 13 - Introduction to Unit II: The Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

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

Episode 12 - The Proto-Indo-Europeans

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 all the way to the present.

Episode 11 - Proto-Cities

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

Episode 10 - Cataclysms

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

Episode 9 - The Bronze Age

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

Episode 8 - The Neolithic

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 the world in which we live today.