They Built a City Bigger Than London, One Basket at a Time. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: One Afternoon on the Mound, The Pit That Fills With Water, A Household Beside the Plaza, and The Plaza, the Turning Year, and the Leaving.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 One Afternoon on the Mound

36:22 The Pit That Fills With Water

59:08 A Household Beside the Plaza

1:17:35 The Plaza, the Turning Year, and the Leaving

1:39:33 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The Town That Got Rich on a Wind That Turned Twice a Year. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Wind's Appointment, A City Built From Coral, The Gold Between Hands, and Kilwa's Own Coin.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Wind's Appointment

52:40 A City Built From Coral

1:25:06 The Gold Between Hands

1:50:53 Kilwa's Own Coin

2:20:01 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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These Walls Have Stood 700 Years With Nothing Holding Them Up. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: One Stone in the Morning Wall, Where the Wall Begins, The House After Sunset, and The Level Course Through Time.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 One Stone in the Morning Wall

37:00 Where the Wall Begins

1:00:23 The House After Sunset

1:19:49 The Level Course Through Time

1:40:53 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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When Copying Books by Hand Was a Living Wage. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: Thirty-Two Leaves Before Dawn, The Price of a Smooth Sheet, A Roof Above the Courtyard, and The Checked Sentence.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 Thirty-Two Leaves Before Dawn

37:42 The Price of a Smooth Sheet

1:01:32 A Roof Above the Courtyard

1:21:25 The Checked Sentence

1:44:05 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Medieval China Invented the All-Night Food Street. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Last Portion on an Open Street, The Lane That Faced the Road, Supper Behind the Doorway, and How the Gates Lost the Night.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Last Portion on an Open Street

39:24 The Lane That Faced the Road

1:02:59 Supper Behind the Doorway

1:22:20 How the Gates Lost the Night

1:43:30 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The Firefighters Who Pulled Houses Down Instead of Saving Them. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Bell Above the Roofs, The Hook, the Ladder, and the Standard, Before the Door Is Shut, and A City That Leaves Room for Fire.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Bell Above the Roofs

52:07 The Hook, the Ladder, and the Standard

1:23:54 Before the Door Is Shut

1:49:43 A City That Leaves Room for Fire

2:16:32 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The City Where Books Were Worth More Than Gold. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Parcel Beside the Salt, The Long Balance of Salt, A Line Worth Copying Twice, and Walls, Wrappings, and Evening.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Parcel Beside the Salt

41:09 The Long Balance of Salt

1:04:36 A Line Worth Copying Twice

1:22:17 Walls, Wrappings, and Evening

1:41:46 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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How the Inca Sent Messages Without Writing. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Breath Between Two Stations, Keeping the Road Open, The Account in the Cords, and The Last Handoff at Evening.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Breath Between Two Stations

46:04 Keeping the Road Open

1:13:09 The Account in the Cords

1:35:28 The Last Handoff at Evening

1:58:44 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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The Maya City That Survived Without a River. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Jar at Corriental, Keeping the Basin Open, Water at the Kitchen Edge, and When the Rain Finds the City.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Jar at Corriental

48:25 Keeping the Basin Open

1:17:13 Water at the Kitchen Edge

1:41:04 When the Rain Finds the City

2:01:37 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Why Ancient Mourners Used Weed At Their Funerals. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Whispers of Smoke: A Jirzankal Mortuary Ritual, The Daily Grind: Bread and Beer in Ancient Egypt, A Flickering Glow: An Ordinary Roman Evening, and Kulubnarti's Quiet Night: An Evening by the Nile.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Whispers of Smoke: A Jirzankal Mortuary Ritual

30:07 The Daily Grind: Bread and Beer in Ancient Egypt

52:24 A Flickering Glow: An Ordinary Roman Evening

1:13:26 Kulubnarti's Quiet Night: An Evening by the Nile

1:40:37 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

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