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124: All Hail the New Gods – 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 | InstagramOur Sponsors:* Check out undefined and use my code TODAY for a great deal: undefinedSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-persia/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
  1. 124: All Hail the New Gods
  2. ASW 04: Triesta, a hot start to the Cold War II
  3. ASW 03: Trieste, a hot start to the Cold War I
  4. 123: Fever Pitch
  5. ASW: America's Very First War II
  6. 122: Alexander in Love
  7. ASW: America's Very First War I
  8. A Great, Big, Announcement (and the coins of Alexander the Great)
  9. 121: The Conquests to Come
  10. 120: King the Conqueror
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ASW: America’s Very First War I

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Map of Georgia, its rivers, and its major cities with the Oconee River Basin highlighted (L) Map of the Oconee Basin with greater detail to show local creeks (R).
Map of the Oconee River Basin. Created by Anna Baynes (UGA River Basin Center)

For the very first episode, 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.
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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

121: The Conquests to Come

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An Arab tribute delegation depicted at Persepolis via Wikimedia

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.
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120: King the Conqueror

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Head from a statue of Hephaestion via Wikimedia

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.
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119: Pirates of the Arabian

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Map of major stops along Nearchos’ route from the Indus to Susa

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.
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118: Dead Men’s Rest

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Map of the Macedonians’ route through Eastern Iran and India via Wikimedia

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.
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117: At World’s End

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“Surrender of Porus to the Emperor Alexander,” by Alonzo Chappel, 1865

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.
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115: Meet the Neighbors #1

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Map of the Nanda Empire at its height via Wikimedia Commons

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.
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114: The Age of Heroes

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Humay Chehrzad, the Kayanian Queen, illustration by Jalal al-Din Mirza Jelveh Yazdi, 19th Century

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.
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113: Alexander – King of the Monsters

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Iskandar (Alexander) comforts the dying Dara (Darius III-ish), illustrated Shahnameh 1604

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.
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