History of Persia

By Trevor Culley and HoPful Media

A podcast dedicated to the history of Persia, and the great empires that ruled there beginning with the Achaemenid Empire of Cyrus the Great and the foundation of an imperial legacy that directly i

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June 04, 2023 100: The Greatest Achaemenid
EPISODE 100! To celebrate, I'm ranking the top 10 Achaemenid kings. You won't believe number 2!

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May 11, 2023 99: Slaves of the King
The Achaemenid Empire has a strange and complex history with enslavement. Today we separate fact and fiction both ancient and modern to discuss forced labor under Achaemenid rule.
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May 04, 2023 98: Wars for the West
Even after disarming the western satraps, Artaxerxes III had his hands full in the west. It was time to retake Egypt, but that was easier said than done.
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April 21, 2023 97: Bactria - Ruling the Later Empire
The Khaleeli Collection of Aramaic Documents from Achaemenid Bactria are an incredible and unique collection of Achaemenid records first revealed in 2012. They provide an otherwise impossible glimpse to Achaemenid rule in the northeastern provinces.
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April 12, 2023 Bonus 33 Preview
The epic tale of the greatest wife guy of antiquity.

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March 30, 2023 96: Ochus II
The final years of Artaxerxes II were filled with turmoil and sadness, but when his son Ochus rose to power as Artaxerxes III, the Persian Empire entered a new age. The new Artaxerxes set out to repair and remake the empire as his own.
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March 20, 2023 95: The Holy Trinity
As we approach the end of Artaxerxes II, it's time to talk about his gods. All of a sudden, Anahita and Mithra began appearing alongside Ahura Mazda in royal inscriptions, but it turns out it may not have been so sudden after all.

2022 Holiday Special: Mithra and Mehregan
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March 13, 2023 94: Nehemiah
We continue the Biblical stories of Artaxerxes' reign with the arrival of Nehemiah, the new governor of Judea who's here to put Jerusalem back together again.
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February 28, 2023 93: Ezra
Now we go back in time to the seventh year of Artaxerxes, and we'll explore the history Ezra the Scribe as he compiled an official Jewish Torah on the Great King's orders.

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Patreon Bonus 27: Names and Dates
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February 20, 2023 92: Family Ties
It's time to take a step back and see what the royal family was up to in the decades following Cunaxa. Artaxerxes II married his daughters, meaning its time to discuss the controversial subject of Xwedodah. Then, it's on to a bloody conflict in the shadows as the royal princes battle for their succession rights.
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