Cities and Empire
- Episode aired Sep 16, 2021
- 52m
The first millennium BC saw in and around the Mediterranean an unprecedented growth in demography, economy, technology and politics, resulting in the first true superpower. A milder climate ... Read allThe first millennium BC saw in and around the Mediterranean an unprecedented growth in demography, economy, technology and politics, resulting in the first true superpower. A milder climate and the discovery of iron enabled a revolution in productivity, literally feeding urbaniza... Read allThe first millennium BC saw in and around the Mediterranean an unprecedented growth in demography, economy, technology and politics, resulting in the first true superpower. A milder climate and the discovery of iron enabled a revolution in productivity, literally feeding urbanization and the establishment of stronger states. The dispersed Greeks lived in city states n... Read all