Stonehenge, ancient ritual and the origins of paganism (TRIH ep 114)
2,500 BCE · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Professor Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol) about paganism across time and place. Hutton argues the term "pagan" is a Christian category useful for describing pre-Christian, local rooted religions and stresses varying evidential quality: rich written sources in the classical Mediterranean versus fragmentary material remains for northern Europe.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 2500 BCE
- Great Pyramid of Giza (2560 BCE)
- Old Kingdom of Egypt (2686 BCE)
- Akkadian Empire (2334 BCE)
- The Great Flood (2348 BCE)
- Mohenjo-daro at its peak (2500 BCE)
- Stonehenge sarsen circle erected (2500 BCE)
- Indus Valley Civilization at peak (2500 BCE)
- Sargon of Akkad (2334 BCE)
- Djoser's Step Pyramid built (2650 BCE)
- First Dynasty of Ur (2600 BCE)