Athens and Sparta Fight to the Death

A Closer Look at the Greek Fighting Machine

Cyrus, Darius, and the Persian Empire

Nebuchadnezzar II Leads Babylon to its Greatest, and Final, Age

Social Experimentation in Classical Greece

Assyria Rises Again And Then Falls…

Meanwhile, In Archaic Greece…

Israel Becomes a Nation While Assyria Makes a Comeback

The Near East Deals With Changes And Some Familiar Faces

As civilization grows in the Near East, a unique people master the Nile

Civilization takes hold in the ancient Near East

Welcome to Western Civ! In this podcast, we cover Western History from its origins in the sands of Mesopotamia and Egypt, through the Roman Empire, Medieval European Kingdoms, the horrors of the Crusades, the nightmare that was the Black Death, the rebirth of the Renaissance, and the age of glory that followed both exploration and revolution in a fast-paced, survey format. 

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