About this podcast
With millions of downloads, hundreds of hours of soundtracked content, and an overall emphasis on the cultural history behind famous works of literature, Literature and History is one of the most popular independent podcasts on its subject. Starting with Sumerian cuneiform in 3,100 BCE, Literature and History moves forward in chronological order through Assyriology, Egyptology, the Old Testament, Ancient Greece and Rome, the birth of Christianity, and the early Middle Ages. The show's current…
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Literature and History
About this podcast
With millions of downloads, hundreds of hours of soundtracked content, and an overall emphasis on the cultural history behind famous works of literature, Literature and History is one of the most popular independent podcasts on its subject. Starting with Sumerian cuneiform in 3,100 BCE, Literature and History moves forward in chronological order through Assyriology, Egyptology, the Old Testament, Ancient Greece and Rome, the birth of Christianity, and the early Middle Ages. The show's current…
Recent episodes
- Episode 127: Bashshar ibn Burd15 Jul · 2 h 02 min
- Episode 126: Kalilah and Dimnah15 Jun · 2 h 12 min
- Episode 125: The Zoroastrian Bundahisn15 May · 2 h 03 min
- Episode 124: The Last Great War of Antiquity15 Apr · 2 h 14 min
- Episode 123: An Introduction to the Hadiths15 Mar · 2 h 01 min
- Episode 122: The Early Abbasid Caliphate15 Feb · 2 h 25 min
- Episode 121: The Umayyad Caliphate15 Jan · 2 h 15 min
- Episode 120: The Rashidun Caliphate15 Dec 2025 · 2 h 25 min
- Episode 119: The Qur'an, Part 3: Origins22 Oct 2025 · 2 h 19 min
- Episode 118: The Qur'an, Part 2: Ordinances15 Oct 2025 · 2 h 17 min
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