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

Cyrus and the conquest of Media and Elam.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The Middle Elamites, from 1500-1100 BCE