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Lost Decades

Welcome to the year 2026... BC! Our mission is to recall the events of each decade of world history, starting with the 2020s BC. Join us on our potentially ill-conceived journey to wrap our heads around what was happening all those many years, and decades, ago.

Podcast · By Austin and Andrew · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
11
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Sep 27, 2026
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Jul 3, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 27, 2026

    1300 - 1280 BC: The 19th Dynasty and The King of Totality (opens the original)

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    In Egypt Rameses rules, but not the famous one, he’s coming next week. The Hittites follow in their ancestor’s footsteps and move their capital. Adad-nirari claims the title King of Totality, not bad for the upstart Assyrians.

  2. Episode · Sep 21, 2026

    1330 - 1300 BC: King Tut & Mursili (opens the original)

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    King Tut, finally a king you’ve heard of before! Tutankhamen oversees a stable yet unmemorable reign despite his young age. The Hittites and Assyria grow stronger than ever. The once peaceful lands of the Bronze Age fall into near constant warfare and dispute. (Finally fixed the earlier audio issues, thank you for bearing with us!)

  3. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    1350 - 1330 BC: Akhenaten's Monotheism and the Fall of the Mitanni (opens the original)

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    The Amarna period is in full force as we see the religious fanatic Pharaoh Ahkenaten pull Egypt out of the international arena. The Mittani fall and the Hittites win many victories, but will it last?

  4. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    1370 - 1350 BC: Golden Age Egypt (opens the original)

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    The worship of Amun-Ra ramps up as Egypt continues it’s Pax Egyptica. Elsewhere the other powers prepare for a major shake up. But mainly everyone is busy marrying their daughters off to Amenhotep.

  5. Episode · Aug 26, 2026

    1400 - 1370 BC: Bronze Age Globalism (opens the original)

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    The Amarna Period is rapidly approaching. Power is coalescing into true Empires. Egypt is in a Golden Age of opulence and peace while the Hittites and Mitani deal with barbarians and rebels, one of whom might have been the legendary Atreus?

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