031 Kyros the Great
The History of Ancient Greece
Ryan Stitt
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss Kyros' conquests of the Lydian kingdom, the Greek city-states in western Anatolia, the nomadic step-tribes of central Asia, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire; the contingents and battle tactics of his multi-ethnic military; the administration of his multi-state empire that stretched from Anatolia in the west to the Hindu-Kush Mountains in the east and to the Aral Sea and the Jaxartes River in the northeast; and his other deeds and qualities that were deemed to be so exceptional by later historians that he earned the moniker "the Great"
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/01/031-cyrus-great.html
Intro by Vivek Vasan of the Historical India Podcast
Website: http://www.historicalindiapodcast.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, fellow Phil Helens. My name's Vivek Vassan from the Historical India Podcast, |
| 0:13.2 | a chronological history of India and South Asia. Okay, I'll confess, I'm a bit of a podcast junkie |
| 0:20.1 | and aspiring history nerd, like most of you I'd imagine, and my playlist is full up with history podcasts covering nearly every civilization, culture, and time period. |
| 0:30.8 | But in this pantheon of history podcasts, there was a gap. |
| 0:34.9 | And as now you no doubt know, Ryan's done an incredible job filling that |
| 0:38.8 | space with a detailed history of ancient Greece and the wider Hellenic world. He's given me |
| 0:44.5 | company as I filled another gap in the lineup of history podcasts, one on India and South Asia. |
| 0:50.8 | But most importantly, help me ignore the length of my daily commute. |
| 0:55.6 | So if you haven't done so already, please do drop a rating and write a review and follow the |
| 1:01.1 | History of Ancient Greece on Facebook and Twitter, and check out the website. |
| 1:05.9 | Because Ryan, after getting really stuck into the culture, society, religion, politics, war, and the architecture |
| 1:13.5 | of the Hellenic world, introduced us, through Greek eyes, of course, to the other cultures |
| 1:19.1 | and civilizations of the time, to the Egyptians, the Assyrians, Anatolians, more recently |
| 1:25.0 | the Carthaginians, and now the Persians. The Persian Empire and civilization was another |
| 1:31.6 | thing Ryan and I connected on. You can never have enough to say about the Persians. So when he offered |
| 1:36.8 | me the chance to introduce his episode on Cyrus, I was really happy to do it. And wonderful |
| 1:42.4 | timing as ever by Ryan, because over at the Historical India |
| 1:45.8 | podcast, I am coming up to the eastern territories of the Persian Empire. The cities and kingdoms of |
| 1:51.8 | Gandhara, Cambodia, Manda, places today in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern India. Places that |
| 2:00.6 | sent their archers as part of the Persian army's forces during the wars with Athens. |
| 2:06.2 | There were very likely soldiers from India on the Persian side at the battles of Marathon and Thermopyla. |
| 2:12.8 | So it's only a matter of time before the Greek history machine, powered by Ryan Stitt, is going to come to |
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