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a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

In Sinners they reference the West African griots and I was like “I know what they are! I listened to @fallofcivilizations.com episode on the Songhai Empire!”

They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.

The Multangular Tower - one of the corner-towers from the legionary fortress at York (Eboracum). The smaller stones in the lower half are Roman, the upper portion dates to the medieval period. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #York

Photo of the ruins of ancient Assur with a ziggurat rising in the distance and low remains of walls in the foreground. It looks like sunset or sunrise with the soft, orange lighting. Photo by Mahmoud Fakhri

How to make perfume in 1230 BCE in the heartland of ancient Assyria.

First, you need to mix cane with cleansed water from the palace well of the city of Aššur (pronounced Ashur).

Second, you need to pour this mixture into a special vessel before adding...

the last podcast recorded by humans will be the final episode of @fallofcivilizations.com. the title will simply be "Modernity" and the first half an hour will be Paul talking about different soil topographies

Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge!

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One thing I’ve learned from listening to quite a few @fallofcivilizations.com podcast episodes is that an empire will have a good thing going for literally centuries until one a random first born son fucks it all up for everyone.

That's really nice to hear, thank you!

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Hope you enjoy!

20. Persia - An Empire in Ashes YouTube video by Fall of Civilizations

Episode 20 is now available with video!

With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.

Thanks! Yes I'm trying out some A/B testing with some of the thumbnails.

Fall of Civilizations (Ad-free Patrons Feed) | Collection from Fall of Civilizations Podcast | 21 posts Get more from Fall of Civilizations Podcast on Patreon

For Patrons I've finally put together a members-only RSS feed and dedicated Spotify channel, meaning that if you subscribe to Fall of Civs you can listen completely ad-free on any podcasting app you like.

Find it below:

RSS: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5gqNqAC...

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My photo shows a thin, rectangular, dark brown leaf of wood, which is broken in places. Across the surface are six lines of cursive Latin handwriting. The text is written in black ink which appears faded and faint. The Latin reads: nenụ ...[.]n. Brittoneṣ nimium multi ‣ equites gladis ‣ non ụtụṇtur equi- tes ‣ nec residunt Brittunculi ‣ ụt ‣ iaculos mittant Translated as: … the Britons are unprotected by armour (?). There are very many cavalry. The cavalry do not use swords nor do the wretched Britons mount in order to throw javelins. On display at the British Museum.

Life on Rome’s northern frontier: a 1,900-year-old military memo in which a Roman soldier records the combat tactics of the Britons, who he refers to as ‘Brittunculi’ — ‘wretched Brits’! 😳

From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology

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Cried over Aeschylus at the airport ✅

I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).

I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.

Since Christmas is coming up, we're doing another limited run of signed Fall of Civilizations books!

I can write a dedication to whoever you like, so it's the perfect gift for a Fall of Civs fan in your life... Hurry as I'm afraid supply is limited!

LINK: www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-...

Picture of me, with text: Folkestone Book Festival 2025 Paul MM Cooper: How Our Civilisations Fall Tue 18 November, 4pm Tickets: £12 / £8 / £5

I'll be at the Folkestone Book Festival next week talking about Fall of Civilizations, my book and why societies rise and fall. Come and join me!

www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/pau...

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