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Dec 2022
35m 37s

From a World of Iron to Classical Empire...

Wondery / Patrick Wyman
About this episode

Welcome to the Iron Age, and to a new season of Tides of History! The first millennium BC saw the emergence of two huge and enduring empires at either end of Eurasia - Rome and China - but it was also the time of Socrates, Confucius, the Buddha, and much more. Let's start getting settled in a brand-new world.


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