21. Majapahit - Empire of the Islands
Jul 31, 2026
Beneath the shade of an Indonesian teak forest, a great brick gateway stands in ruins...In this episode, I want to tell the story of the Majapahit Empire of medieval Indonesia. I want to show how…
A history podcast looking at the collapse of a different civilization each episode. What did they have in common? Why did they fall? And what did it feel like to watch it happen?
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20. Persia - An Empire in Ashes
Nov 12, 2025
In the highlands of the Iranian Plateau, a collection of enormous pillars reach up to the sky...In this episode, we tell the story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Find out how this remarkable…
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19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 2)
Dec 08, 2024
In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and unlikely…
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19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 1)
Dec 04, 2024
In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and unlikely…
18. Egypt - Fall of the Pharaohs
Feb 01, 2024
Far in the distance, three colossal shapes tower over the desert horizon…In this episode, we travel to the Nile Valley, and tell the story of one of the most iconic cultures ever produced by…
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17. Carthage - Empire Of The Phoenicians
Apr 11, 2023
Buried beneath the city streets of the Tunisian capital of Tunis, an ancient city lies forgotten...In this episode, we look at one of the most dramatic stories to come down to us from the ancient…
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16. Bagan - City Of Temples
Oct 02, 2022
In the lowlands of Burma lie the remains of thousands of crumbling temples...In this episode, we tell one of the most colourful stories of civilizational survival: the story of the Bagan Empire of…
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15. The Nabataeans - The Last Days of Petra
Jun 15, 2022
In the deserts of Jordan, a city lies hidden for centuries in a valley of rose-red stone...In this episode, we look at one of the most peculiar stories of civilizational survival to come down to us…
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14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India
Feb 18, 2022
On the rocky banks of South India's Tungabhadra River, an enormous ruined city lies crumbling...In this episode, we look at the Vijayanagara Empire of Southern India, a civilization that has all but…
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13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron
Jun 14, 2021
In the lowlands of Northern Iraq, a series of enormous cities lies crumbling in ruins...In this episode, find out about one of the most remarkable ancient civilizations: the society known today as…
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12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud
Jan 12, 2021
High up on the craggy peaks of the Urubamba Canyon, a lost city lies wreathed in cloud...In this episode, we explore the mountains of the Andes, and tell the story of the Inca Empire. Find out how…
11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans
Jul 14, 2020
On the outskirts of modern Istanbul, a line of ancient walls lies crumbling into the earth...In this episode, we look at one of history’s most incredible stories of survival - the thousand-year epic…
10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Feb 24, 2020
A city in ruins. A dynasty in tatters. An empire in ashes...This episode, we look at the remarkable story of the first empire of ancient China, the Han dynasty. With ancient Chinese poetry, songs and…
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9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Dec 16, 2019
Beneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered...This episode, we look back at the age of the Aztecs. Learn how this society grew from nothing to create one of…
8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities
Oct 25, 2019
In the dusts of Iraq, the ruins of the world's first civilization lie buried. This episode, we travel into the extremely distant past to look at the Sumerians. These ancient people invented writing…
7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Aug 29, 2019
Today, the Songhai Empire is all but forgotten by history. But this medieval kingdom was once the most powerful force in Africa.Find out how this civilization grew up on the fringes of the Sahara…
6. Easter Island - Where Giants Walked
Jun 29, 2019
On one of the world’s most isolated islands, hundreds of vast stone statues lie mouldering in the grass. In this episode, we take a look at one of archaeology’s most enduring puzzles: the mystery of…
5. The Khmer Empire - Fall of the God Kings
May 03, 2019
Deep in the Cambodian Jungle, a ruined city crumbles among the roots of banyan trees. In this episode, we look at the history of the Khmer Empire of medieval Cambodia, and the ancient mega-city of…
4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun
Mar 24, 2019
One of the most unlikely tales of a society’s fall in is the incredible saga of the Vikings of Greenland. Find out the history of how these European settlers built a society on the farthest edge of…
3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees
Feb 07, 2019
In the tropical forests of Central America, vast stone pyramids slowly crumble beneath the trees.In this episode, we look at one of history's great romantic mysteries: the fall of the Classic Maya…
2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse
Jan 21, 2019
Around the year 1100 BC, a wave of destruction washed over the Eastern Mediterranean. It wiped whole civilizations off the map, and left only ash and ruin in its wake. This catastrophe, known as “the…
1. Roman Britain - The Work of Giants Crumbled
Jan 19, 2019
A vast ruined bath house, a fire-damaged poem and a world teetering on the brink of collapse. In this episode, we look at the history of the collapse of Roman Britain. Find out how a great…