The Conquerors Podcast
1) Episode 5.6 - Assyria's final conquest
This episode takes us back to the juggernaut of the iron age, Assyria and to the last great conqueror of the Neo-Assyrian empire, Esarhaddon, who accomplished what was perhaps the greatest conquest i...Show More
2) Episode 6.2 - The Nubian Pharaohs
Imagine if somehow, Ukraine managed to conquer Russia, or if Scotland managed to conquer England... for me at least, these are the comparisons that came to mind when reading about the 25th dynasty of ...Show More
3) Episode 6.1 - Egypt...and the other land of the Nile
Around the same time the ancestors of the ancient Egyptians began to settle along the banks of the upper Nile, the ancestors of another people began to settle along the banks of the great river to the...Show More
4) Episode 5.5 - Tiglath-Pileser III - Part 2
In this episode, we continue the story of Tiglath-Pileser III, covering the major reforms the great Neo-Assyrian king enacted, and of course, his great conquests. Combined, these two transformed Assyr...Show More
5) Episode 5.4 - Tiglath-Pileser III
When Shalmaneser III died, the Neo-Assyrian empire was facing one of the greatest threats it had ever faced in the form of the great rebellion. In this episode, we will cover this period of civil stri...Show More
6) Episode 5.3 - Shalmaneser III
With the death of Ashurnasirpal II, the first great Assyrian conqueror under whom Assyria completed its transformation from a growing regional power to an empire, the throne passed to his son, Shalman...Show More
7) Episode 5.2 - Ashurnasirpal II
In this episode, we cover the reign of Ashurnasirpal II, who through a series of ruthless and brutal conquests, in which he boasted about flaying hundreds if not thousands of people alive, completed ...Show More
8) Episode 5.1 - The rise of Assyria
This episode covers the history of the city, region and people of Aššur or Assyria, from its early days as a small town of Akkadian speakers to the early days of the Neo-Assyrian empire, an empire tha...Show More
9) Episode 4.3 - Thutmose III - The Napoleon of Egypt
No general or ruler gets the nickname of Napoleon for nothing. Thutmose III, the 5th Pharaoh of the illustrious eighteenth dynasty took the throne at the age of 2. For 20 years he shared the throne wi...Show More
10) Episode 4.2 – Ahmose the Liberator
This episode covers the life, reign and conquests of Ahmose I or Ahmose the Liberator, last Pharaoh of the 17th dynasty and founder of the 18th dynasty, the first dynasty to rule what is today called ...Show More