Oldest Stories

A podcast by James Bleckley - Wednesdays

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188 Episodes

  1. OS 47 - Hammurabi's Rebels and Oracles

    Published: 8/26/2020
  2. OS 46 - Hammurabi's Northern Conquests and Agricultural Power

    Published: 8/19/2020
  3. OS 45 - Hammurabi's Medicine and Justice

    Published: 8/12/2020
  4. OS 44 - Hammurabi's Military and Elamite War

    Published: 8/5/2020
  5. OS 43 - Hammurabi's Siegecraft and Diplomacy

    Published: 7/29/2020
  6. OS 42 - Hammurabi's Kingdom and Character

    Published: 7/22/2020
  7. OS 41 - Shamshi-Adad and the Upper Mesopotamian Empire

    Published: 7/15/2020
  8. OS 40 - Barbarian Kingdoms and Biblical Patriarchs

    Published: 7/8/2020
  9. OS 39 - The Merchants and Families of Assyria

    Published: 7/1/2020
  10. OS 38 - Rim-Sin the Pretty Good

    Published: 6/24/2020
  11. OS 37 - Petty Kings

    Published: 6/17/2020
  12. OS 36 - The Founding of Babylon

    Published: 6/10/2020
  13. OS 35 - Middle Bronze Age Warfare

    Published: 6/3/2020
  14. OS 34 - Age of Chaos

    Published: 5/27/2020
  15. OS 33 - A Time of Ritual and Law

    Published: 5/20/2020
  16. OS 32 - Lay of the Land

    Published: 5/13/2020
  17. OS 31 - First Men

    Published: 5/6/2020
  18. OS 30 - The Tablet of Destinies

    Published: 4/29/2020
  19. OS 29 - The Enuma Elish

    Published: 4/22/2020
  20. OS 28 - The Chamorros of Saipan

    Published: 4/15/2020

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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.