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How the ancient Persians managed to create and hold a vast empire with Sean Manning
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Interview Timeline
Dr. Sean Manning has studied the ancient Persians and their way of war for years and wrote his PhD thesis on the subject. He released a book on the subject and we talked about Persian warfare and government especially in relation to the Greeks. Armed Force in the Teispid-Achaemenid Empire: Past Approaches, Future Prospects (Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh, 2020)
Sofia Loden discusses Sweden and French knightly romances https://wp.me/p7CDU9-57e
James Miller discusses JPL unmanned missions http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/766
1:06 – Sean talks about Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great.
2:39 – Sean talks about how he got into ancient studies.
3:30 – Sean talks about how ancient Persian has been studied in the past.
7:43 – Sean talks about how ancient armies were formed.
13:32 – Sean talks about the chronology of conquest.
14:40 – Sean talks about how this small group created an empire.
17:45 – Sean talks about how this empire was able to fight in some many different terrains.
19:47 – Sean talks about how these armies fed themselves.
22:27 – Sean talks about where resources were found in this area.
24:38 – Sean talks about trade routes in the area.
26:50 – Sean talks about languages in this area.
29:19 – Sean talks about language in militaries.
33:00 – Sean talks about the system of conscription in use with these militaries and the ordinary soldiers.
37:02 – Sean talks about the long term history of this period.
38:25 – Sean talks about military footwear.
40:44 – Sean talks about his resources.
46:56 – Sean talks about ancient Persian historians.
49:49 – Sean talks about modern researchers repeating incorrect military narratives from the past.
51:42 – Sean talks about wanting more information about ancient chronology.
54:02 – Sean talks about the ordinary people in these ancient empires.
56:19 – Sean talks about who was placed in charge of smaller kingdoms.
1:04:15 – Sean talks about where his sample chapter is located and where to find his work on line.
1:07:15 – Sean has a website at at bookandsword.com
Links of interest
https://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/62068.html
Free book sample: https://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/9783515127752.html the free sample chapter / Probekapitel is the grey button in the upper left
Dissertation on which the book was based http://diglib.uibk.ac.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubi:1-30064
https://mobile.twitter.com/@Lil2En
Sofia Loden discusses Sweden and French knightly romances https://wp.me/p7CDU9-57e
James Miller discusses JPL unmanned missions http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/766
Contact Information
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Guests: Sean Manning
Host: Cris Alvarez
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Check out this book here https://amzn.to/38lJvZb
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