The Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Paul Cooper looks at a civilization that rose to glory and then collapsed into the ashes of history. In this episode he tells one of the most colourful stories of civilizational survival, the story of the Bhagawan Empire of medieval Myanmar. The modern country of Myanmar is today the largest nation by continuous landmass in southeast Asia. It's nearly three times larger than the United Kingdom. Irawadi River winds for more than 2,000 kilometers across the dry zone of Burma,. At points during the rainy season it can swell to nearly a kilometer across.