History of Persia

A new Hellenistic Age is dawning in the History of Persia, and with it come new Hellenistic gods and beliefs. Everyone is at least vaguely familiar with Greek mythology, but before we go any further, we should all be on the same page. Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Trevor is joined by Roberto Toro and Brendan Foster (@foster_writing) of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) podcasts to discuss the post war occupation of Trieste and how tensions with Yugoslavia almost started World War III less than a year after World War II. Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Goldstein - Trieste, October 1945 to January 1947 Jenning - Flashpoint Trieste: The First Battle of the Cold War Allock - Border and Territorial Disputes Rogers Churchill and Slany - Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, Eastern Europe... Winston Churchill - "Iron Curtain" Speech Dinardo - Glimpse of an Old World Order? Reconsidering the Trieste Crisis of 1945 Morrison - Eastern Europe and the West NYT - Attack on U.S. Airplane; Patterson says shooting down of Americans was 'Wicked' and... NYT - Text of 2 U.s. Notes Answer Yugoslavia; His Plane Downed The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 23 August 1946 Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Trevor is joined by Roberto Toro and Brendan Foster (@foster_writing) of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) podcasts to discuss the post war occupation of Trieste and how tensions with Yugoslavia almost started World War III less than a year after World War II. Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Goldstein - Trieste, October 1945 to January 1947 Jenning - Flashpoint Trieste: The First Battle of the Cold War Allock - Border and Territorial Disputes Rogers Churchill and Slany - Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, Eastern Europe... Winston Churchill - "Iron Curtain" Speech Dinardo - Glimpse of an Old World Order? Reconsidering the Trieste Crisis of 1945 Morrison - Eastern Europe and the West NYT - Attack on U.S. Airplane; Patterson says shooting down of Americans was 'Wicked' and... NYT - Text of 2 U.s. Notes Answer Yugoslavia; His Plane Downed The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 23 August 1946 Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nowruz Mubarak! To celebrate the year 1394/2413/3762, I killed The Accursed Alexander of Rome, and covered the aftermath. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For part 2, Trevor is joined by Asha (@Herbo_Anarchist) of the “Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism” podcast (@SwordsNSocPod) to explain Secret Wars and discuss the first ever war fought by the United States’ armed forces after gaining independence: a border dispute between Georgia and the Muskogee (Creek) Confederacy from 1785-1790. Download Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Saunt – A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816 Scurry – The Oconee War Parts 1-3 Smith – History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861 Chappell – Georgia History Stories Coulter – Elijah Clarke’s Foreign Intrigues and the “Trans-Oconee Republic” Haynes – Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796 Kokomoor – Let Us Try to Make Each Other Happy, and Not Wretched”: the Creek-Georgian Frontier Kokomoor – Creeks, Federalists, and the Idea of Coexistence in the Early Republic Scurry – A Considerable Tract of Country Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alexander the Great had many relationships, both romantic and familial. From mother and father, Olympias and Philip, to a vast array of step-mothers and siblings to at least four romantic and sexual partners, the Macedonian royal family was as vast as it was confusing and controversial. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For the very first episode of America: Secret Wars, Trevor is joined by Asha (@HerboAnarchist) of the “Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism” podcast to explain Secret Wars and discuss the first ever war fought by the United States’ armed forces after gaining independence: a border dispute between Georgia and the Muskogee (Creek) Confederacy from 1785-1790. Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Saunt – A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816 Scurry – The Oconee War Parts 1-3 Smith – History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861 Chappell – Georgia History Stories Coulter – Elijah Clarke’s Foreign Intrigues and the “Trans-Oconee Republic” Haynes – Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796 Kokomoor – Let Us Try to Make Each Other Happy, and Not Wretched”: the Creek-Georgian Frontier Kokomoor – Creeks, Federalists, and the Idea of Coexistence in the Early Republic Scurry – A Considerable Tract of Country Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A massive announcement episode to explain my new podcast: America - Secret Wars, some news about the History of Persia, and Alexander the Great's coinage. Listen to America: Secret Wars Apple | Spotify | RSS Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was preparing for future campaigns. Some sources say that Alexander wanted to defeat Carthage. Others say Alexander planned to attack Rome, but the most likely candidate was actually Alexander's planned Arabian campaign. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In 324 BCE, Alexander the Great took his first real break from war since he became king. At Susa, he orchestrated the mass marriage of his highest officers with Iranian noblewomen and honored the war heroes of his recent campaigns. Alexander faced another mutiny at Opis before heading to Ecbatana, where his closest companion, Hephaestion, died suddenly of an unknown illness, throwing the king into a deep depression. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

While Alexander the Great crossed Gedrosia, Nearchus sailed from the Indus to explore the Arabian Sea and chart the coast of the Macedonian Empire. They faced obstacles, became pirates, and fought seas monsters before even reaching the Persian Gulf. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

After the Battle of the Hydaspes, Alexander the Great began moving south through the Indus River Valley, battling the Mallians before nearly dying during the siege of their capital city. When he recovered, the Macedonians began to move west for their homeward journey, leaving only Nearchus' fleet and a few small garrisons behind. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

After subduing Bactria, Alexander the Great invaded India. The crossing through the Hindu Kush was heavily contested by various mountain peoples. The Macedonians conquered each opponent before facing of with King Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We return to Alexander the Great in Bactria and Sogdiana, fresh off his final defeat of the Achaemenids but suddenly faced with rebellion, treason, and... love? Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In a new recurring episode format, it's time to meet the neighbors, specifically the Nanda Dynasty of India. Of course, India's been here the whole time, but before Alexander the Great campaigns there in person, I should explain a bit about what was going on across the Indus River. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the history of the Achaemenids slipped into legend, myth, and obscurity. By the 6th Century CE, the likes of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes had been all but forgotten in Iran. Instead, the Sassanid Persian Empire remembered the stories of great heroes from the Avesta, occupying the equivalent of the Achaemenids' place in history. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In the centuries following Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire, Iranian cultural memory changed and shifted, often in strange and unexpected ways. Alexandros Megas ton Makedon was remembered as Gizistag Iskandar-i Rhomiyag - the Accursed Alexander of Rome. Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Join me at the Intelligent Speech Conference this Saturday, November 4 at 10am est. Here's last year's presentation before you come hear me talk about Communes, Cults, and Caliphs. Get your tickets at https://intelligentspeechonline.com Use promo code PERSIA Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In the final weeks of 331 BCE, Alexander the Great took Babylon, Susa, and Persepolis almost entirely unopposed. By May 330, he had claimed Ecbatana as well and sent Darius III fleeing toward Bactria, but discontent was growing in both armies, and ultimately Artaxerxes V, rather than Darius, would lead Achaemenid Persia's final stand. IntelligentSpeechOnline.com Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

After Darius III's defeat at Gaugamela, Alexander the Great tore through the Persian capitals, taking Babylon and Susa without a fight, and only stalling on his way to Persepolis during the Battle of the Persian Gates. The Macedonians reveled, Persepolis burned, and King Darius fled, ceding Ecbatana to the conqueror. IntelligentSpeechOnline.com Patreon | Support Page | STORE Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Our Sponsors: * Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefined Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy