Fall of Civilizations

There is no greater level of excellence than this series. Mr Cooper has devised and executed the high water mark for documentary history. I started out just listening to these pods as a podcast, not knowing there were YouTube episodes. There are a number that are so evocative you are there back in time with the people , through the narrator - its spellbinding.

The episodes on the Phoenicians and Assyrians are incredible.

You watch this and something like "The Rest is History" seems like a children's story. David Starkey can create worlds and nuance like this series, but Mr Cooper takes it all much further.

I knew a little about the Sumerians and Egyptians and the Vikings. This series brought me real knowledge on those eras . The rest of the series are just peaks of pleasurable listening, deep dives into the mists of time. This series gives the viewer a rich, textured , understanding of our forebears. Magnificent,

From the fall of the early Sumerian cities, to the Assyrian Empire, Bronze Age Collapse, destruction of the Han Dynasty, Roman Britain, the Mayan, Incans, Aztecs, Easter Island, Nabataeans, the medieval Hindu empire of Vijayanagara, Khmer Empire, Bagan, and more -- these stories documenting the decline and collapse of civilizations are wonderful, with excellent scholarship and even greater artfulness. The feeling of tragedy is such that some episodes will have you very nearly in tears at the end, and will quite likely mess up your head for the rest of the day.

Can not recommend highly enough.