Empires, Networks, and the Hittites: Interview with Professor Claudia Glatz

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

What is an empire? It sounds straightforward enough, but figuring out what the term means - much less whether it really helps us understand past political units - is actually pretty complicated. Professor Claudia Glatz is an expert on the dynamics of empire in general and the Hittites in particular, and she walks us through how these ancient empires functioned - and often didn't.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Tides of History, add free on Amazon Music.
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0:18.2	Hi everybody, from Wondery, welcome to another episode of Tides of History.
0:21.1	I'm Patrick Weiman.
0:22.1	Thanks for joining me.
0:23.1	Empires are, as the old saying goes, something that we know when we see.
0:26.6	Rome, a cameo-nid Persia, China, the Mongols, early modern Spain and Britain, all of them
0:31.1	come immediately to mind when we think about empires in history, along with, of course,
0:34.9	many, many more.
0:36.3	But what did all of those varied political units actually have in common?
0:40.2	What defining features did the things we call empires really have?
0:44.1	And how can we actually recognize them in the textual and archaeological record?
0:48.8	The late Bronze Age world was defined by its states, and especially by its empires and
0:53.0	their clashes over territory, control of trade and prestige.
0:56.8	Egypt survived the trials and travails of the era, but the other great power the Hittites
1:00.5	did not.
1:01.6	What can we learn about their world, and in particular, what their empire was and how it
1:05.2	worked?
1:06.2	Today's guest is an expert on the archaeology of the Hittites, the late Bronze Age world,
1:10.1	and the topic of Empire more broadly.
1:12.2	Claudia Glass is professor of archaeology at the University of Glasgow and director of
1:15.6	the CERWON Regional Project.
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