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

Episode 12, Legacies of East and West.

The period from 1,000 to 500 BC, which we've entered these past few episodes, is the last that can really be termed ancient history.

Toward the end of this period, we'll be touching on the classical civilizations, particularly

Greece and Rome, which represent the fairly direct predecessors to many of our modern institutions, political philosophies, and ideals.

At the dawn of the classical age, these European cultures will square off against a near

east that has progressed through a succession of

increasingly larger and more powerful empires, the first of which Neo-Assyria

is just now taking the stage, before finally perfecting the form under the Achaemenid Persians.

With the rise of Persia, the storylines of the Near East, North Africa, Europe, and beyond converge into the story of a single mighty empire,

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