Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Countries in ancient Africa

East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:Scientific consensus states the region of East Africa is where anatomically modern humans first evolved circa 200,000 years ago before migrating northwards and eastwards out of Africa.

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  1. The Roman Republic

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the rise and eventual downfall of the Roman Republic which survived for 500 years.

    30 December 2004

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    Featuring: Greg Woolf, Catherine Steel, Tom Holland

     
  2. The Sassanid Empire

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Sassanian Empire, a grand imperial rival to the Roman Empire.

    13 December 2007

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    Featuring: Hugh N. Kennedy, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, James Howard-Johnston