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Civilizations | 16 - Bagan: City of Temples

In this episode, we tell one of the most colourful stories of civilizational survival: the story of the Bagan Empire of Myanmar.

Find out how this kingdom rose up in the Irrawaddy river valley of central Myanmar, and built one of the most remarkable series of monuments to have survived from the medieval world.


Discover what life was like for the people who lived there, and find out what happened to cause its sudden and complete collapse.

Fall of Civilizations
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