The French Revolution set Europe ablaze.

It was an age of Enlightenment and progress, but also of tyranny and depression.

It was an age of glory and an age of tragedy.

One man stood above it all. This was the Age of Napoleon. I'm Everett Rummage, host of the

Age of Napoleon podcast. Join me as I examined the life and times of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic characters in modern history.

Look for the age of Napoleon wherever you find your podcasts.

Four hundred years ago, a trio of tiny kingdoms were perched on some damp islands off the coast of Europe.

Within three short centuries, these islands would become the center of an empire which ruled a quarter of the

globe and on which the sun never set. I'm Samuel Hume, a historian of the superpower. Learn the history of the British Empire by listening to Pax Britannica, everywhere you find your

podcasts, or go to pod. link slash packs.

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Hi, I'm Scott Chesworth and welcome to the ancient world.

Episode 1, Climb the Stone. Welcome to the Ancient World.

Episode 1, climb the stone staircase.

So why am I doing this podcast? Well, I really really love ancient history. I particularly

love reading about historical firsts, the first time someone did something or thought

of something or built something ever in human history.

Especially things that are so commonplace in our modern world that we don't even give them a second thought nowadays.

But really the concepts of written

language or government or the pyramids, the fact that nothing like that existed and

then somewhere in the ancient world someone or some group of

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