Ultima Thule (Episode 2) - Secrets of Antiquity (Part 4)
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In this episode we leave the Sahara and move north to Anatolia and learn about the ancient empires of Lydia and Media over 2,500 years ago. Lydia was a kingdom that was centuries old by the time the Medes overthrew the powerful empire of Assyria and took control for themselves. An established and wealthy kingdom faces off against an upstart that now controls the largest empire ever known to the ancient world. At the time the war began no one knew that it would end by nothing less than divine intervention... (2/29)
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