Oldest Stories
A podcast by James Bleckley - Wednesdays
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188 Episodes
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Canaan 2 - The Amarna Age in Canaan
Published: 12/1/2021 -
Canaan 1 - Bronze Age Levant
Published: 11/17/2021 -
The Oldest Games
Published: 11/3/2021 -
Elamite 4 - Elamite Religion
Published: 10/20/2021 -
Elamite 3 - The Grand Regents of Elam
Published: 10/6/2021 -
Elamite 2 - Elamite Renaissances
Published: 9/22/2021 -
Elamite 1 - Back to the Beginning
Published: 9/8/2021 -
OS 96 - Fall of the Hittite Empire
Published: 9/1/2021 -
OS 95 - Hattusili Secures His Legacy
Published: 8/25/2021 -
OS 94 - Hattusili the Peace Maker
Published: 8/18/2021 -
OS 93 - Hattusili's Palace Drama
Published: 8/11/2021 -
OS 92 - Nergal and Ereshkigal
Published: 8/4/2021 -
OS 91 - A Muddy Mesopotamian Mess
Published: 7/28/2021 -
OS 90 - Tukulti-Ninurta's Victories
Published: 7/21/2021 -
OS 89 - The Peaceful Decline of Kassite Babylon
Published: 7/14/2021 -
OS 88 - The Destruction of Mitanni
Published: 7/7/2021 -
OS 87 - Rebirth of an Old City
Published: 6/30/2021 -
OS 86 - The Battle of Kadesh
Published: 6/23/2021 -
OS 85 - New Cities and New Villains
Published: 6/16/2021 -
OS 84 - Mursili's Plague
Published: 6/9/2021
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.