History and myth of the Cradle of Civilization, bronze age Mesopotamia, beginning with the dawn of w
Incest and Patricide are the highlights of today's tale, sometimes also called the Dynasty of Dunnum
Finally, we have finished with Hammurabi, and it is time for his successor Samsu-Iluna to take over.
The entire code of Hammurabi, start to finish. This is the show's fiftieth episode, and will run qui
The final decade of Hammurabi's life would be peaceful and prosperous, and was in many ways the foun
Thus far this show has largely ignored over half of the population, though in my defense, the ancien
Bonus episode! Dragon slaying myths are about as old as myth itself, but one of the oldest is the ta
Hammurabi's final conquests are almost perfunctory, but his responses to the subsequent rebellions i
Hammurabi's power rises as the cities of the north begin to grow suspicious of his ambitions, and th
Hammurabi conquers Larsa in another lightning campaign displaying his strategic and diplomatic cunni
Today we follow the course of the Great Elamite War, the turning point in Babylon's history when it
We have actual letters from Hammurabi that show off the diplomacy and statecraft for which the king
What was Hammurabi like, and what did the kingdom of Babylon look like in the earliest days? Today,
From a refugee in Babylon to the king of the largest empire Mesopotamia has seen since the fall of U
The Amorites swept through Syria and held the region in a dark age longer than any other part of Mes
We know very little about the kings of early Assyria, so our introduction to the north will be botto
Today we see the near collapse of Larsa, and its sudden and unexpected rescue by an Amorite from Ela
The multi-polar Isin-Larsa period continues this week, covering the period from the 1860s to the 183
This week we continue to watch as Isin and Larsa fight each other and the many other rising dynastie
The main narrative of the Isin Larsa period is full of battles both stated and implied, but what do
It is time to shake things up as the line of peaceful merchant kings of Isin comes to an end thanks
