How did ancient cultures understand the end of empires? When was the end even considered a possibility, and did they see it coming? When was an end not an end, but a continuity? Shana explores political change through the perspective of the communities who lived through it.

2:09 why the end of empires?
3:41 how to identify the end
5:58 are symbols of office destroyed?
7:48 ends versus natural rhythms
12:50 mythology of end
17:37 do destroyers take on the divine role?
19:14 would people have seen it coming?
24:28 could anyone intervene to prevent disaster?
26:55 what can we learn from ancient ends?
30:21 how much impact would an end have had?

Music by Ruba Hillawi

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