Episode Synopsis "Episode 11: Kingdom of Anshan and Cyrus the Great"

This episode will talk about the Kingdom of Anshan and the historical context of the rise of Cyrus. It will also retell the story of the birth of Cyrus as told by Herodotus and provides a corrective.

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More episodes of the podcast Iranologie: the History of Iran Podcast

• Special Episodes, Ep. 1
• Episode 12: One more on Cyrus and the Origins of His Empire
• Episode 11: Kingdom of Anshan and Cyrus the Great
• Episode 10: the World that Cyrus Conquered
• Episode 9: the Disappearing Kingdom: Medes and the Median Empire
• Applogy amd Explanation Episode
• Episode 8: the Neo-Elamite Kingdom
• Episode 7: Indo-Europeans and Indo-Iranians
• Episode 6: the Peoples and Languages of Iran in the Early Iron Age
• Episode 5: the Middle Elamite Period
• Episode 4: the Sukkalmah
• Episode 3: from Pre-History to the Old Elamites
• Episode 2: the Geography
• Episode 1: the Introduction