
The Lost Civilization of Old Europe: The Copper Age and the First Cities
Tides of History
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Ancient Lives - A New Series of Short Biographies From Yale University Press
Patrick Wiben: The Neolithic period lasted for a long time, some 6,000 years from the first stirrings of intentional cultivation in the fertile crescent to those maybe cities on the Ukrainian step. In today's episode, we'll try to understand this very different Neolithic. How it grew, what life was like, and why it eventually came to an end.
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