202 Episodes

  1. OS 165 - The Kings of Urartu

    Published: 4/16/2025
  2. OS 164 - The Rise of Urartu

    Published: 4/2/2025
  3. OS 163 - The Birth of Urartu

    Published: 3/19/2025
  4. OS 162 - The Rise of Phrygia

    Published: 3/5/2025
  5. OS 161 - A Kingdom of Honey and Blood: The Suhu Rebellion

    Published: 2/19/2025
  6. OS 160 - Graham Hancock and the Philosophy of Archeology

    Published: 2/5/2025
  7. OS 159 - Slaves and Bronze in Iron Age Assyria

    Published: 1/22/2025
  8. OS 158 - The Glorious Magnates of Assyria

    Published: 1/8/2025
  9. OS 157 - Women and Horses, the Constraints of Assyria

    Published: 12/25/2024
  10. OS 156 - The Mythical Semiramis in Ancient History

    Published: 12/11/2024
  11. OS 155 - The Angry Puppet: Shamshi-Adad V

    Published: 11/27/2024
  12. OS 154 - Assyrian Civil War: Magnate Edition

    Published: 11/13/2024
  13. OS 153 - Shalmaneser Delegates Authority

    Published: 10/30/2024
  14. OS 152 - The Smothered Spark of Babylon's Dark Age

    Published: 10/16/2024
  15. OS 151 - The Glowing Embers of Babylon's Dark Age

    Published: 10/2/2024
  16. OS 150 - The Battle of Qarqar

    Published: 8/28/2024
  17. OS 149 - Shalmaneser Upends the Levant

    Published: 8/14/2024
  18. OS 148 - Shalmaneser Takes the Throne

    Published: 7/31/2024
  19. OS 147 - From the River to the Sea

    Published: 7/17/2024
  20. The Early History of Near Eastern Cavalry

    Published: 7/3/2024

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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.