Ancient History & Civilisations

Every Sleep Stories episode about Ancient History & Civilisations, newest first.

Ancient History & Civilisations episodes

The Story of Bricks and Building

Bricks are basically humanity's original cheat code, turning mud into empires long before anyone invented the blueprint.

The Story of Agriculture

Farming looked like an upgrade at first, but it might be the moment humans traded freedom for a permanent to-do list.

The Story of World Mythology

Long before science, humans stared at the sky and the sea and invented gods to explain what they couldn't, and somehow those stories still hold up.

The Story of Metallurgy

A few accidental rock-smashing mishaps gave us copper, then bronze, then steel, with a bigger empire attached to every upgrade.

The Story of Ancient Egypt

The Egyptians turned a river's flood calendar into an empire, then spent centuries stacking stone just to prove no pharaoh would be outdone at building big.

The Story of Ancient Rome

A mythical founding story eventually grew into an empire spanning three continents, and Rome's ambition and engineering still shape the world today.

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The Story of Ancient Greece

City-states, philosophers, and one extremely ambitious conqueror, ancient Greece quietly shaped how the Western world still thinks.

A Journey Through the Bible

One of the most influential texts in human history, examined through its historical context and the archaeology behind its stories.

The Story of Ancient Persia

Cyrus the Great built one of history's largest empires, and his successors spent centuries expanding a culture that connected three continents.

The Story of the Ancient Middle East

Writing, cities, law codes, empires, an enormous amount of what we call civilization got invented here first.

The Story of the Silk Road

Not really one road, and not really just about silk, this trade network moved goods, religions, and ideas across entire continents.

The Story of the Pyramids

Massive stone monuments built without a single modern machine, and archaeologists are still arguing about exactly how.