Ancient Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq.
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CultureHistoryFormer empiresAncient SyriaAncient history of AfghanistanAncient AnatoliaAncient history of PakistanCountries in ancient AfricaEurasian historyHistory of DagestanHistory of foreign trade in ChinaHistory of international relationsHistory of the LevantSasanian EmpireWorld Heritage Sites in China
The Sassanid Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Sassanian Empire, a grand imperial rival to the Roman Empire.
13 December 2007
Featuring: Hugh N. Kennedy, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, James Howard-Johnston
The Silk Road
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade routes which spanned Asia for over a thousand years, carrying Buddhism to China and paper-making and gunpowder westwards.
3 December 2009
Featuring: Frances Wood, Tim Barrett, Naomi Standen