Podcasts by Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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?
Further podcasts by Paul Cooper
Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur
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14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India from 2022-02-18T10:56:44
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 ...
13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron from 2021-06-14T17:08:48
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...
12. The Inca - Cities In The Cloud from 2021-01-12T12:59:32
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. Fin...
11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans from 2020-07-14T12:24:23
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 thousan...
10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames from 2020-02-24T10:25:07
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 poetr...
9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds from 2019-12-16T10:51:08
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 crea...
8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities from 2019-10-25T09:58:02
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 invent...
7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold from 2019-08-29T09:19:57
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 th...
6. Easter Island - Where Giants Walked from 2019-06-29T10:27:09
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...
5. The Khmer Empire - Fall of the God Kings from 2019-05-03T12:46:24
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 meg...
4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun from 2019-03-24T18:03:55
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 farthe...
3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees from 2019-02-07T14:54:29
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 Cla...
2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse from 2019-01-21T17:23:02
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, k...
1. Roman Britain - The Work of Giants Crumbled from 2019-01-19T14:29:53
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 grea...