Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: The Fall of Nineveh

Struggling with the chore of winter cleaning (academic break ritual) I came across this fascinating episode and the time flew as I listened to this history--highly recommended!

Dan Carlin: History, Politics and Culture

Will our modern society ever decline and fall? Dan uses that idea as a backdrop for a look at the first great empire in history, the biblical-era Assyrians. Were they ancient Nazis, or the guardians of civilization?


Show Notes

1. “History of Assyria” by A.T. Olmstead

2. “Our Oriental Heritage” by Will Durant

3. “Everyday life in Babylonia and Assyria” by Henry W. F Saggs

4. “The Origins of War” by Arther Ferrill

5. "Ancient Iraq” by Georges Roux

6. "The Cutting Edge: Military History of Antiquity and Early Feudal Times” by Paul F. Gavaghan

7. "Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War” by Kaveh Farrokh

8. "The Persian Expedition” by Xenophon

9. "Ancient Assyrians” by Mark Healy

Listen to "The Fall of Ninevah"