June 2023 Update

06/11/23 • 1 min

Quick update on the next set of episodes. Thanks for your patience!
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Previous Episode

Episode 19: Scythians: Legendary and Humble Beginnings

We continue the narrative by assessing the mythological and historical origins of the Scythians.
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Relevant Books:

Barry Cunliffe, The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
Claudia Chang, Rethinking Prehistoric Central Asia: Shepherds, Farmers, and Nomads
Renate Rolle, The World of the Scythians
Yulia Ustanova, The Supreme God of the Bosporan Kingdom: Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God

Next Episode

Episode 20: Scythians: Back to the Caucasus

The Scythians move through the north and south Caucasus, pushing to the borders of the ancient Near East.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/NomadEmpiresPod
Substack: https://nomadsandempirespodcast.substack.com/
Relevant Books:

Antonio Sagona, The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age
Barry Cunliffe, The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
John Boardman, et al., The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC, 2nd edition

Nomads and Empires - June 2023 Update

Transcript

Hi everyone, your host Edwin here with a quick update on the Nomads and Empires podcast. I’m really sorry, and I won’t make excuses, but I won’t have a new episode out for around a month. I have a work conference next week and I will then visit family out of state, and I won’t have access to my recording equipment and most of my books. I really tried to get an episode out before leaving, but the writing took longer than expected and I burnt a bit trying to rush this.

That said,