Oldest Stories

A podcast by James Bleckley - Wednesdays

Wednesdays

Categories:

History

188 Episodes

  1. Canaan 2 - The Amarna Age in Canaan

    Published: 12/1/2021

  2. Canaan 1 - Bronze Age Levant

    Published: 11/17/2021

  3. The Oldest Games

    Published: 11/3/2021

  4. Elamite 4 - Elamite Religion

    Published: 10/20/2021

  5. Elamite 3 - The Grand Regents of Elam

    Published: 10/6/2021

  6. Elamite 2 - Elamite Renaissances

    Published: 9/22/2021

  7. Elamite 1 - Back to the Beginning

    Published: 9/8/2021

  8. OS 96 - Fall of the Hittite Empire

    Published: 9/1/2021

  9. OS 95 - Hattusili Secures His Legacy

    Published: 8/25/2021

  10. OS 94 - Hattusili the Peace Maker

    Published: 8/18/2021

  11. OS 93 - Hattusili's Palace Drama

    Published: 8/11/2021

  12. OS 92 - Nergal and Ereshkigal

    Published: 8/4/2021

  13. OS 91 - A Muddy Mesopotamian Mess

    Published: 7/28/2021

  14. OS 90 - Tukulti-Ninurta's Victories

    Published: 7/21/2021

  15. OS 89 - The Peaceful Decline of Kassite Babylon

    Published: 7/14/2021

  16. OS 88 - The Destruction of Mitanni

    Published: 7/7/2021

  17. OS 87 - Rebirth of an Old City

    Published: 6/30/2021

  18. OS 86 - The Battle of Kadesh

    Published: 6/23/2021

  19. OS 85 - New Cities and New Villains

    Published: 6/16/2021

  20. OS 84 - Mursili's Plague

    Published: 6/9/2021

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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.