cover of episode OS 22 - Slanderous Legends of Naram-Sin

OS 22 - Slanderous Legends of Naram-Sin

2020/3/4
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Today the fall of Akkad begins. We start with how the Mesopotamians themselves remembered the fall of their first great empire, with the Curse of Agade and the Cuthean Legend, and see that they slanderously put all the blame on the great king Naram-Sin. Still, though it is untrue, it makes for good stories and reveals a lot about the bronze age mindset. Online at oldeststories.net