Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Episodes
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#5684: Who Built the Dome of the Rock?The stones are documented. The dirt underneath them has never been dug. Why the Temple Mount is archaeology's biggest open question. -
#5498: Who Was a Superpower Before America?The word "superpower" was invented in 1944. So how do you build a list of them stretching back to Akkad? -
#5809: What If Israel Had Never Fallen? A 2,000-Year Thought ExperimentHannah's question: what would Israel look like if it had stayed under Jewish rule for 2,000 years — and was antisemitism structural or circumstantial? -
#5803: Who Built Jerusalem's Old City Walls?The stone ring around Jerusalem's Old City is younger than you think — and the legend about its architects is wrong. -
#5566: Venice: The City That Was a Supply ChainVenice wasn't romantic — it was a logistics problem with a paint job. How a lagoon empire survived 1,100 years.