Oldest Stories
A podcast by James Bleckley - Wednesdays
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188 Episodes
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OS 47 - Hammurabi's Rebels and Oracles
Published: 8/26/2020 -
OS 46 - Hammurabi's Northern Conquests and Agricultural Power
Published: 8/19/2020 -
OS 45 - Hammurabi's Medicine and Justice
Published: 8/12/2020 -
OS 44 - Hammurabi's Military and Elamite War
Published: 8/5/2020 -
OS 43 - Hammurabi's Siegecraft and Diplomacy
Published: 7/29/2020 -
OS 42 - Hammurabi's Kingdom and Character
Published: 7/22/2020 -
OS 41 - Shamshi-Adad and the Upper Mesopotamian Empire
Published: 7/15/2020 -
OS 40 - Barbarian Kingdoms and Biblical Patriarchs
Published: 7/8/2020 -
OS 39 - The Merchants and Families of Assyria
Published: 7/1/2020 -
OS 38 - Rim-Sin the Pretty Good
Published: 6/24/2020 -
OS 37 - Petty Kings
Published: 6/17/2020 -
OS 36 - The Founding of Babylon
Published: 6/10/2020 -
OS 35 - Middle Bronze Age Warfare
Published: 6/3/2020 -
OS 34 - Age of Chaos
Published: 5/27/2020 -
OS 33 - A Time of Ritual and Law
Published: 5/20/2020 -
OS 32 - Lay of the Land
Published: 5/13/2020 -
OS 31 - First Men
Published: 5/6/2020 -
OS 30 - The Tablet of Destinies
Published: 4/29/2020 -
OS 29 - The Enuma Elish
Published: 4/22/2020 -
OS 28 - The Chamorros of Saipan
Published: 4/15/2020
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.