Season 3 · Episode 20
020 - The Staircases of Persepolis and the Rise of the Achaemenids
Wonders of the World · Drew Vahrenkamp
November 15, 20201h 0m
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Show Notes
East vs West? Maybe. We're off to Iran to greet the rise of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the world's greatest by this point in history. Between Cyrus and Darius, we'll deal with two Great rulers, but we've also got medieval Iranian love poetry, unappetizing royal banquets, Croesus making bad decisions, and kebabs! `
Even better, Yentl from theQueerClassicist.com comes by to bring her knowledge of Achaemenid Persia, as we climb the magnificent staircases of Persepolis.