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Our guest on Downstream this week is Josephine Quinn, Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge University, the first woman to hold the position.

In conversation with a live audience at EartH Hackney, Professor Quinn and Aaron Bastani examine some of the lesser-known aspects of the ancient world, as told in her book How The World Made the West.

What were the ancient alternatives to democracy? Why should students today study ancient languages, instead of English or mathematics? And did people in the Bronze Age really forget how to write, or deliberately decide to stop?

00:00 Intro
02:05 Why Study Ancient Languages?
06:50 The Ancient World Reveals Political Possibilities
10:33 Demarcating Ancient from Modern History
13:59 On Slavery
19:00 The Bronze Age Collapse
24:08 Collapse Today
25:05 The End of Writing