**Ad maintenance in progress on episodes 1-39. 40+ are repaired.**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 impacted ancient civilizations from Rome to China, and everywhere in between. Join me as we explore the cultures, militaries, religions, successes, and failures of some of the greatest empires of the ancient world.

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This is audio from the live event with Sariel and Umberto from So You Think You Can Rule Persia last year. I wrote a wildly over complicated Choose Your Own Adventure script about alternate histories if Cyrus the Younger defeated Artaxerxes II. <a href="https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">So You Think You Can Rule Persia</a> <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

What if Cyrus III? Choose Your Own Alt History Live

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You, the listeners of this very podcast, are phenomenal, thoughtful, inquisitive people. So I have done my very best to answer your many, many questions about the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and myself. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hocpodcast" rel="nofollow">History of the Celts</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/sojvhc/how_would_xerxes_armies_have_handled_food_and/" rel="nofollow">r/AskHistorians post about supply lines</a><a href="https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005429546-Which-podcast-apps-will-my-custom-audio-RSS-link-work-with" rel="nofollow">Patreon RSS feed instructions</a><a href="https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/82432414-persian-music" rel="nofollow">Persian Music by ItShowTimeMusic</a><a href="https://www.academia.edu/20652164/THE_COMPLETE_FRAGMENTS_OF_CTESIAS_OF_CNIDUS_TRANSLATION_AND_COMMENTARY_WITH_AN_INTRODUCTION" rel="nofollow">The Complete Fragments of Ctesias of Cnidus by Andrew Nichols</a><a href="https://archive.org/details/llewellyn-jones-robson-ctesias-history-of-persia-tales-of-the-orient-routledge-c" rel="nofollow">Ctesias&#39; History of Persia: Tales of the Orient by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and James Robson</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

125.2 Ask Me Anything Again... Again

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You, the listeners of this very podcast, are phenomenal, thoughtful, inquisitive people. So I have done my very best to answer your many, many questions about the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and myself. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/sojvhc/how_would_xerxes_armies_have_handled_food_and/" rel="nofollow">r/AskHistorians post about supply lines</a><a href="https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005429546-Which-podcast-apps-will-my-custom-audio-RSS-link-work-with" rel="nofollow">Patreon RSS feed instructions</a><a href="https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/82432414-persian-music" rel="nofollow">Persian Music by ItShowTimeMusic</a><a href="https://www.academia.edu/20652164/THE_COMPLETE_FRAGMENTS_OF_CTESIAS_OF_CNIDUS_TRANSLATION_AND_COMMENTARY_WITH_AN_INTRODUCTION" rel="nofollow">The Complete Fragments of Ctesias of Cnidus by Andrew Nichols</a><a href="https://archive.org/details/llewellyn-jones-robson-ctesias-history-of-persia-tales-of-the-orient-routledge-c" rel="nofollow">Ctesias&#39; History of Persia: Tales of the Orient by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and James Robson</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

125.1: Ask Me Anything Again

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A new Hellenistic Age is dawning in the History of Persia, and with it come new Hellenistic gods and beliefs. Everyone is at least vaguely familiar with Greek mythology, but before we go any further, we should all be on the same page. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

124: All Hail the New Gods

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Trevor is joined by Roberto Toro and Brendan Foster (@foster_writing) of The <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/57567410/podcast/rss" rel="nofollow">History of Saqartvelo Georgia</a> (@History_Georgia) and <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/a4702b24/podcast/rss" rel="nofollow">Tsar Power</a> (@TsarPowerPod) podcasts to discuss the post war occupation of Trieste and how tensions with Yugoslavia almost started World War III less than a year after World War II. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/30/a2166130.shtml" rel="nofollow">Goldstein - Trieste, October 1945 to January 1947</a><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p84vDgAAQBAJ" rel="nofollow">Jenning - Flashpoint Trieste: The First Battle of the Cold War</a><a href="https://books.google.com/books?dq=inauthor%3A%26%2334%3BJudith+Bell%26%2334%3B&id=6pztAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks" rel="nofollow">Allock - Border and Territorial Disputes</a><a href="https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1946v06/d651" rel="nofollow">Rogers Churchill and Slany - Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, Eastern Europe...</a><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?191439-101%2Fwinston-churchill-iron-curtain-speech+34%3A36-35%3A53=" rel="nofollow">Winston Churchill - &#34;Iron Curtain&#34; Speech</a><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/24913388" rel="nofollow">Dinardo - Glimpse of an Old World Order? Reconsidering the Trieste Crisis of 1945</a><a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-349-22299-5" rel="nofollow">Morrison - Eastern Europe and the West</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1946/08/19/archives/envoy-condemns-yugoslav-attack-on-us-airplane-patterson-says.html" rel="nofollow">NYT - Attack on U.S. Airplane; Patterson says shooting down of Americans was &#39;Wicked&#39; and...</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1946/08/20/archives/text-of-2-us-notes-answering-yugoslavia-his-plane-downed.html" rel="nofollow">NYT - Text of 2 U.s. Notes Answer Yugoslavia; His Plane Downed</a><a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17985185" rel="nofollow">The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 23 August 1946</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

ASW 04: Triesta, a hot start to the Cold War II

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ASW 03: Trieste, a hot start to the Cold War I

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Nowruz Mubarak! To celebrate the year 1394/2413/3762, I killed The Accursed Alexander of Rome, and covered the aftermath. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

123: Fever Pitch

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For part 2, Trevor is joined by Asha (@Herbo_Anarchist) of the <a href="https://swordsandsocialismpod.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow">“Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism”</a> podcast (@SwordsNSocPod) to explain Secret Wars and discuss the first ever war fought by the United States’ armed forces after gaining independence: a border dispute between Georgia and the Muskogee (Creek) Confederacy from 1785-1790.<a href="https://stream.redcircle.com/episodes/b3642ab8-c0bb-4f44-abf8-f211c4cbf433/stream.mp3" rel="nofollow">Download</a><a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/A_New_Order_of_Things.html?id=6XGInQEACAAJ" rel="nofollow">Saunt – A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816</a><a href="https://flagpole.com/author/stevenscurry/" rel="nofollow">Scurry – The Oconee War Parts 1-3</a><a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofgeorgia0001smit/page/n3/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Smith – History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861</a><a href="https://books.google.com/books?dq=%26%2334%3Boconee+war%26%2334%3B&id=iO4XAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s" rel="nofollow">Chappell – Georgia History Stories</a><a href="https://books.google.com/books?dq=Oconee+War&id=3G9QAQAAIAAJ&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s" rel="nofollow">Coulter – Elijah Clarke’s Foreign Intrigues and the “Trans-Oconee Republic”</a><a href="https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/haynes_joshua_s_201308_phd.pdf" rel="nofollow">Haynes – Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796</a><a href="https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:253512/datastream/PDF/view" rel="nofollow">Kokomoor – Let Us Try to Make Each Other Happy, and Not Wretched”: the Creek-Georgian Frontier</a><a href="https://www.academia.edu/18089550/Creeks_Federalists_and_the_Idea_of_Coexistence_in_the_Early_Republic" rel="nofollow">Kokomoor – Creeks, Federalists, and the Idea of Coexistence in the Early Republic</a><a href="http://www.kenneyridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Tallassee-History_Scurry_Sept2011.pdf" rel="nofollow">Scurry – A Considerable Tract of Country</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

ASW: America's Very First War II

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Alexander the Great had many relationships, both romantic and familial. From mother and father, Olympias and Philip, to a vast array of step-mothers and siblings to at least four romantic and sexual partners, the Macedonian royal family was as vast as it was confusing and controversial. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

122: Alexander in Love

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For the very first episode of America: Secret Wars, Trevor is joined by Asha (@HerboAnarchist) of the <a href="https://swordsandsocialismpod.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow">“Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism”</a> podcast to explain Secret Wars and discuss the first ever war fought by the United States’ armed forces after gaining independence: a border dispute between Georgia and the Muskogee (Creek) Confederacy from 1785-1790. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/A_New_Order_of_Things.html?id=6XGInQEACAAJ" rel="nofollow">Saunt – A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816</a><a href="https://flagpole.com/author/stevenscurry/" rel="nofollow">Scurry – The Oconee War Parts 1-3</a><a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofgeorgia0001smit/page/n3/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Smith – History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861</a><a href="https://books.google.com/books?dq=%26%2334%3Boconee+war%26%2334%3B&id=iO4XAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s" rel="nofollow">Chappell – Georgia History Stories</a><a href="https://books.google.com/books?dq=Oconee+War&id=3G9QAQAAIAAJ&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s" rel="nofollow">Coulter – Elijah Clarke’s Foreign Intrigues and the “Trans-Oconee Republic”</a><a href="https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/haynes_joshua_s_201308_phd.pdf" rel="nofollow">Haynes – Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796</a><a href="https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:253512/datastream/PDF/view" rel="nofollow">Kokomoor – Let Us Try to Make Each Other Happy, and Not Wretched”: the Creek-Georgian Frontier</a><a href="https://www.academia.edu/18089550/Creeks_Federalists_and_the_Idea_of_Coexistence_in_the_Early_Republic" rel="nofollow">Kokomoor – Creeks, Federalists, and the Idea of Coexistence in the Early Republic</a><a href="http://www.kenneyridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Tallassee-History_Scurry_Sept2011.pdf" rel="nofollow">Scurry – A Considerable Tract of Country</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

ASW: America's Very First War I

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A massive announcement episode to explain my new podcast: America - Secret Wars, some news about the History of Persia, and Alexander the Great&#39;s coinage.Listen to <a href="https://secretwarspod.com/category/america-secret-wars/" rel="nofollow">America: Secret Wars</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/america-secret-wars/id1726304028" rel="nofollow">Apple</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6TGEpVljsg8L5GzVODlc1K" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://feeds.redcircle.com/70c103ed-0399-410b-bf2c-0d22be806f2b" rel="nofollow">RSS</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

A Great, Big, Announcement (and the coins of Alexander the Great)

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In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was preparing for future campaigns. Some sources say that Alexander wanted to defeat Carthage. Others say Alexander planned to attack Rome, but the most likely candidate was actually Alexander&#39;s planned Arabian campaign. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

121: The Conquests to Come

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In 324 BCE, Alexander the Great took his first real break from war since he became king. At Susa, he orchestrated the mass marriage of his highest officers with Iranian noblewomen and honored the war heroes of his recent campaigns. Alexander faced another mutiny at Opis before heading to Ecbatana, where his closest companion, Hephaestion, died suddenly of an unknown illness, throwing the king into a deep depression. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

120: King the Conqueror

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While Alexander the Great crossed Gedrosia, Nearchus sailed from the Indus to explore the Arabian Sea and chart the coast of the Macedonian Empire. They faced obstacles, became pirates, and fought seas monsters before even reaching the Persian Gulf. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

119: Pirates of the Arabian

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After the Battle of the Hydaspes, Alexander the Great began moving south through the Indus River Valley, battling the Mallians before nearly dying during the siege of their capital city. When he recovered, the Macedonians began to move west for their homeward journey, leaving only Nearchus&#39; fleet and a few small garrisons behind. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

118: Dead Men's Rest

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After subduing Bactria, Alexander the Great invaded India. The crossing through the Hindu Kush was heavily contested by various mountain peoples. The Macedonians conquered each opponent before facing of with King Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

117: At World's End

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We return to Alexander the Great in Bactria and Sogdiana, fresh off his final defeat of the Achaemenids but suddenly faced with rebellion, treason, and... love?<a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

116: In Stranger Lands

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In a new recurring episode format, it&#39;s time to meet the neighbors, specifically the Nanda Dynasty of India. Of course, India&#39;s been here the whole time, but before Alexander the Great campaigns there in person, I should explain a bit about what was going on across the Indus River. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

115: Meet the Neighbors #1

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After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the history of the Achaemenids slipped into legend, myth, and obscurity. By the 6th Century CE, the likes of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes had been all but forgotten in Iran. Instead, the Sassanid Persian Empire remembered the stories of great heroes from the Avesta, occupying the equivalent of the Achaemenids&#39; place in history.<a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

114: The Age of Heroes

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In the centuries following Alexander the Great&#39;s conquest of the Persian Empire, Iranian cultural memory changed and shifted, often in strange and unexpected ways. Alexandros Megas ton Makedon was remembered as Gizistag Iskandar-i Rhomiyag - the Accursed Alexander of Rome. <a href="https://patreon.com/historyofpersia" rel="nofollow">Patreon </a>| <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1o4k9h/metadata/edit" rel="nofollow">Support Page </a>| <a href="https://historyofpersia.launchcart.store/" rel="nofollow">STORE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HistoryOfPersia" rel="nofollow">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://facebook.com/HistoryOfPersiaPodcast" rel="nofollow">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/historyofpersiapodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations'>https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

113: Alexander - King of the Monsters

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