{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a74fa8d2578a0c7e21adb26?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Civilization Archive Dialogues","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/cover/1786051057340-30b58dfb-9797-488e-bf34-7fa6f2ddfe52.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Civilization Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures, a collection of podcasts dedicated to the stories that shaped our world.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Every episode is a conversation. Aurelius and Malik, curators of The Civilization Archive, take a single civilization — the Abbasids, the Aztecs, Joseon Korea, the Songhai Empire — and follow it from first settlement to whatever came after. One traces what it built: the irrigation that fed a city, the bureaucracy that held a continent together, the ideas it kept exporting long after its armies stopped marching. The other presses on what that cost — who farmed the surplus, who was conquered to supply it, and why the collapse was often already visible during the golden age.</p><p><br></p><p>These are not summaries. Each episode is one complete civilization, examined from both sides in a single sitting.</p><p><br></p><p>The Archive Network is an independent, solo-run project. Every archive, podcast and documentary is free — no ads, no paywalls. If it's been worth your time, you can help keep it that way:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>https://thearchivenetwork.com/support</p><p><br></p><p>Discover more at:</p><p><br></p><p>https://thecivilizationarchive.com</p><p><br></p><p>https://thearchivenetwork.com</p>","author_name":"The Archive Network"}