Oldest Stories
A podcast by James Bleckley - Wednesdays
202 Episodes
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OS 165 - The Kings of Urartu
Published: 4/16/2025 -
OS 164 - The Rise of Urartu
Published: 4/2/2025 -
OS 163 - The Birth of Urartu
Published: 3/19/2025 -
OS 162 - The Rise of Phrygia
Published: 3/5/2025 -
OS 161 - A Kingdom of Honey and Blood: The Suhu Rebellion
Published: 2/19/2025 -
OS 160 - Graham Hancock and the Philosophy of Archeology
Published: 2/5/2025 -
OS 159 - Slaves and Bronze in Iron Age Assyria
Published: 1/22/2025 -
OS 158 - The Glorious Magnates of Assyria
Published: 1/8/2025 -
OS 157 - Women and Horses, the Constraints of Assyria
Published: 12/25/2024 -
OS 156 - The Mythical Semiramis in Ancient History
Published: 12/11/2024 -
OS 155 - The Angry Puppet: Shamshi-Adad V
Published: 11/27/2024 -
OS 154 - Assyrian Civil War: Magnate Edition
Published: 11/13/2024 -
OS 153 - Shalmaneser Delegates Authority
Published: 10/30/2024 -
OS 152 - The Smothered Spark of Babylon's Dark Age
Published: 10/16/2024 -
OS 151 - The Glowing Embers of Babylon's Dark Age
Published: 10/2/2024 -
OS 150 - The Battle of Qarqar
Published: 8/28/2024 -
OS 149 - Shalmaneser Upends the Levant
Published: 8/14/2024 -
OS 148 - Shalmaneser Takes the Throne
Published: 7/31/2024 -
OS 147 - From the River to the Sea
Published: 7/17/2024 -
The Early History of Near Eastern Cavalry
Published: 7/3/2024
History and myth of the Cradle of Civilization, bronze age Mesopotamia, beginning with the dawn of writing. The show will cover the full history of Mesopotamia, from Gilgamesh to Nabonidas, a span of some 2500 years, with myths of heroes and gods, and tales of daily life peppered throughout. Sumer, Akkad, Old Babylon, Hittites, and Israel have all been covered in depth, current episodes get deep into the Assyrian Empire. New episodes every other Wednesday. Online at oldeststories.net.