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Downstream: The Political Possibilities of the Ancient World w/ Josephine Quinn

Downstream: The Political Possibilities of the Ancient World w/ Josephine Quinn

Update: 2025-09-15
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What were the ancient alternatives to democracy? Did people in the Bronze Age forget how to write – or deliberately stop? And what’s the use in studying ancient languages?


In a Downstream IRL recorded at EartH Hackney, Aaron Bastani speaks to Josephine Quinn, Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge University, about some lesser-known aspects of the ancient world, as explored in her book How the World Made the West.


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Downstream: The Political Possibilities of the Ancient World w/ Josephine Quinn

Downstream: The Political Possibilities of the Ancient World w/ Josephine Quinn

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