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Throne and Treasury: The Podcast

Throne and Treasury: The Podcast

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 Full-length history documentaries in audio: how empires rose, ruled and fell, and the money, laws and people behind them. From Sumer and Rome to Byzantium, the Ottomans and the great fortunes of the modern age. Researched and sourced; narration uses an AI-generated voice. Watch the video versions on YouTube: Throne and Treasury.Throne and Treasury World
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  • Cyrus the Great and the First Superpower

    Cyrus the Great and the First Superpower
    Nov 11 2026

    In 330 BC, Alexander the Great seized the treasury of Persepolis, valued by Diodorus at 120,000 talents of silver, and the palaces burned. This full documentary tells the story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the first superpower: Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes and the fall to Alexander, the tribute, the daric, the Royal Road and the Persepolis tablets.

    Watch next:
    The Sumerians: https://youtu.be/Ck-vAsyNbMM
    Ancient Egypt and the pyramids: https://youtu.be/7sy6APbZX1k
    Carthage: https://youtu.be/XF9QgbKdQyc
    The oldest laws in history: https://youtu.be/o3ZSN8pYF4g

    Watch the full video documentary on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0rlfUHh-Lc

    Our books: 101 Strange Laws That Ruled Empires https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNHR85WW and Why Empires Fall? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNKQBPVV

    Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0.

    Narration uses an AI-generated voice. Researched and sourced; full source list in the YouTube description.
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    2 hrs and 21 mins
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