History and myth of the Cradle of Civilization, bronze age Mesopotamia, beginning with the dawn of w
What does it mean that the people of Israel are the biggest whiners in recorded history? It may mean
Today we obsess over the word Hebrew and go deep into what it means, who was and was not a Hebrew, w
Today we look at possibly the oldest section of the entire Bible, Exodus chapter 15, the Song of Mos
We begin our big series on the historicity of the bible with Genesis. Unfortunately, nearly the enti
Here it is, the part of ancient Near Eastern history that excites the most passion and interest. The
After the Hittite Empire fell during the bronze age collapse, Anatolia became a Mad Max style wastel
Animals in ancient Mesopotamia. From sheep, goats, horses, and other domesticated animals to wild be
Today we look at pretty much everything we know about the Mesopotamian dark age following the bronze
Today we are going to look at the reign of Adad-Apla-Iddina, the fact that he was hit by some brutal
This week, Tiglath-Pileser is going to kill more people, just like last week. But now he is going to
Today we see Assur rise mightily with Tiglath-Pileser I, and we see the seeds of another century of
For a Babylonian polytheist, the gods are worshipped with the explicit expectation that divine vener
Nabu-Kudurri-Usur, the first Nebuchadnezzar, rescued the statue of Marduk from Elam after a grueling
In Babylon rules Nebuchadnezzar the first. He isn't the Nebuchadnezzar that we remember today, but h
Welcome to the iron age. Though the international system of the late bronze age has collapsed under
This is a summary of the bronze age in ancient Mesopotamia, covering the years about 3000 BCE to 120
Today we have a history of metals, mining and metalworking in the bronze age near east. The story te
This is part 2 of our look at clothing and how it was manufactured in the bronze age near east. If y
Clothing is foundational to civilization. In the bible, it is humanity's first invention. In Mesopot
Nowadays we tend to give Shamash, the Mesopotamian sun god, a bit less respect than he is probably d
