The Persian empire: everything you wanted to know

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🗓️ 24 January 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In the latest in our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, an expert in ancient history, responds to listener questions and popular internet search queries on the Persian empire. Once the largest empire the world had ever seen, Persia was one of the dominant powers of the ancient world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.8	I'm Ellie Cawthorne.
0:57.0	Today's episode is the latest in our Everything You Wanted to Know series,
1:01.8	where expert historians respond to popular online search queries
1:05.2	and questions that you've submitted via our social media channels.
1:09.7	This time, the topic is the Persian Empire.
1:12.9	Our expert is Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, and putting your questions to him on everything from
1:18.0	Persian gods to their wars with the Greeks was BBC History Magazine editor, Rob Atar.
1:24.1	So today, in the latest of our Everything You Wanted to Know podcasts,
1:29.9	we're going to be discussing the ancient Persian Empire.
1:34.1	And joining us to explore this topic is Lloyd Llewellyn Jones,
1:37.8	who is Professor in Ancient History at the University of Cardiff,
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