Holiday Special 2024 – Zartosht No Diso

Zoroaster and Vishtaspa depicted in the Bombay Shahnameh, 1849.

According to tradition, the prophet Zoroaster died at 77 years and 40 days old on Khorshed Dae AKA December 26 (depending on who you ask). Let’s talk about it.
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Cardinal Numbers Podcast https://www.popeularhistory.com/episodes/cardinal-numbers
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137: Who are you again?… Again

Approximate map of the Hellenistic world c.300 BCE (in Spanish), via Wikimedia

Today, we step back from the narrative to see what kind of empire Seleucus was actually running here.
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Ian Mladjov’s Maps https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/imladjov/maps

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136: Ipsus

Rough combat map for the Battle of Ipsus – Cavalry in slashed blocks, phalanges infantry in solid blocks, skirmishers in dots, elephants in ovals – via Wikimedia

The Wars of the Diadochoi did not end in 301 BCE, but their Fourth War finished with a dramatic turning point in the Battle of Ipsus as Antigonus and Demetrius faced off against Seleucus, Lysimachus, and Pleistarchus.
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135: Rise of the Elephant King

Approximate extent of Chandragupta Maurya’s Empire by the end of his life via Wikimedia

After reclaiming Babylon, King Seleucus began consolidating his power over the upper satrapies, but even as he worked to reclaim the Iranian east, the Mauryan Empire began pushing out of India and across the mountains of Gandhara.
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134: Samrat – Meet the Neighbors

Chandragupta and Cāṇakya in the central hall of the Srimadbhagavadgita temple, Mathura via Wikimedia

While Macedon was consolidating and collapsing in the west, a new empire was on the rise in the east. Chandragupta Maurya and his teacher, Chanakya, were busy overthrowing the Nanda Dynasty and expanding their new kingdom to become one of the great powers of Indian history.
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2024 Holiday Special: Cyrus the Great Day

Cyrus the Great Day is an unofficial holiday in modern Iran, marking the anniversary of Cyrus the Great’s conquest of Babylon and celebrating the origins of the Iranian state. It has also been the center of controversy, revolt, and secular ambitions within the Islamic Republic for most of the last decade.
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133: Meet the Diadochoi

Demetrius’ Attack on Rhodes from Cassell’s illustrated universal history, 1882

After the death of Alexander IV, the former friends and generals of Alexander the Great held their breath, waiting almost a year to resume their wars. The Fourth War of the Diadochoi saw them claim their royal titles as the Successors as Cassander, Ptolemy, and Demetrius battled for dominance.
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132: Mystery Cults

Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries c.100 BCE, via Wikimedia

History of Persia dips its toes into the infamous Ancient Greek mystery cults to explore their role in Hellenistic religious life and what exactly makes them so mysterious anyway. Secret rituals, week long parties, and ancient drugs feature in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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131: Breaking Babylon

Chronicle 10 via Livius.org

Shortly before the end of the Third War of the Diadochoi, Seleucus set out with a small army to retake his satrapy in Babylon. After several years of neglect by Antigonus Monophthalmus, Seleucus retook the region easily. Before long he held all of the Upper Satrapies against Antigonus, but by the end of the Babylonian War, events in Macedon sundered the empire of Alexander the Great.
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