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Recent Episodes
Episode 71 – Mitanni 6 Hurrian Wisdom
The Hurrian Song of Release is an odd text. Part wisdom, part legend, the best we can guess is that it was a set of rituals, cultural memories, and advice to accompany what may have been a monumental life event, when a debtor or perhaps slave was released from bondage. Or perhaps when a whole … Continue reading Episode 71 – Mitanni 6 Hurrian Wisdom
Episode 70 – Mitanni 5 Mighty Monsters of Mitanni
Finishing up the Kumarbi Cycle with the biggest of monsters, the Song of Hedammu and the Song of Ullikummi are the two tales that see some actual character development, as Ea, god of wisdom, slowly moves out of Kumarbi’s camp and is finally convinced to begin supporting Tessub as rightful king of heaven. A massive … Continue reading Episode 70 – Mitanni 5 Mighty Monsters of Mitanni
Episode 69 – Mitanni 4 Kumarbi Strikes Back
The Song of Lamma and the song of Silver, two further adventures in the Kumarbi cycle. Tessub may be the Hurrian king in heaven, but Kumarbi still wants to pull him down, and hatches scheme after scheme to defeat his usurper. Lamma is an obscure god, possibly a Lamassu, possibly the god Karhuhi, but he … Continue reading Episode 69 – Mitanni 4 Kumarbi Strikes Back
Read through the archives:
- Episode 71 – Mitanni 6 Hurrian Wisdom
- Episode 70 – Mitanni 5 Mighty Monsters of Mitanni
- Episode 69 – Mitanni 4 Kumarbi Strikes Back
- Episode 68 – Mitanni 3 The Song of Kumarbi
- Episode 67 – Mitanni 2 Late Bronze Age Warfare
- Episode 66 – Mitanni 1 Entering the Arena
- Episode 65 – Hittite 9 Disorder in the Court
- Episode 64 – Hittite 8 Village Economics
- Episode 63 – Hittite 7 Village People
- Episode 62 – Hittite 6 The Man Who Changed The World, Mursili I
- Episode 61 – Hittite 5 The Conqueror’s Triumph and Death
- Episode 60 – Hittite 4 Telipinu, the Vanishing God
- Episode 59 – Hittite 3 The Conquering Lion, Hattusili I
- Episode 58 – Hittite 2 Rise of the Hittites
- Episode 57 – Hittite 1 Ancient Anatolia
- Episode 56 – Assyria 3 Obscure Struggles in Assyria
- Episode B3 – Ur 4 Lament for Ur
- Episode B1 – Hattian 1 The Nefarious Slaying of Illuyanka
- Episode B2 – Modern 1 Fanciful Notions of Antiquity
- Episode 55 – Babylon 12 Days of Quiet Prosperity
- Episode 54 – Babylon 11 Soldier of Babylon, Ubarum
- Episode 53 – Wisdom 4 Poem of the Righteous Sufferer
- Episode 52 – Anunnaki 8 Theogony of Dunnu and The Education of Scribes
- Episode 51 – Babylon 10 The New Order
- Episode 50 – Babylon 9 Hammurabi’s Code of Laws
- Episode 49 – Babylon 8 Hammurabi’s Death and Legacy
- Episode 48 – Babylon 7 Hammurabi’s Women and Slaves
- Episode 47 – Babylon 6 Hammurabi’s Rebels and Oracles
- Episode 46 – Babylon 5 Hammurabi’s Northern Conquests and Agricultural Power
- Episode 45 – Babylon 4 Hammurabi’s Medicine and Justice
- Episode 44 – Babylon 3 Hammurabi’s Military and Elamite War
- Episode 43 – Babylon 2 Hammurabi’s Siegecraft and Diplomacy
- Episode 42 – Babylon 1 Hammurabi’s Kingdom and Character
- Episode 41 – Assyria 2 Shamshi-Adad and the Upper Mesopotamian Empire
- Episode 40 – Syria 1 Barbarian Kingdoms and Biblical Patriarchs
- Episode 39 – Assyria 1 The Merchants and Families of Assyria
- Episode 38 – Amorite 7 Rim Sin the Pretty Good
- Episode 37 – Amorite 6 Petty Kings
- Episode 36 – Amorite 5 The Founding of Babylon
- Episode 35 – Amorite 4 Middle Bronze Age Warfare
- Episode 34 – Amorite 3 Age of Chaos
- Episode 33 – Amorite 2 A Time of Ritual and Law
- Episode 32 – Amorite 1 Lay of the Land
- Episode 31 – Wisdom 3 First Men
- Episode 30 – Anunnaki 7 The Tablet of Destinies
- Episode 29 – Anunnaki 6 The Enuma Elish
- Episode 28 – Interlude 1 The Chamorros of Saipan
- Episode 27 – Misc 1 The Study of Sumer and Ancient Aliens
- Episode 26 – Wisdom 2 The Oldest Debates
- Mesopotamian New Year Akitu Festival and You
- Episode 25 – Ur 3 The Last Sumerian Ibbi-Sin
- Episode 24 – Ur 1 The rebirth of Sumer
- Episode 35 – Amorite 4 Middle Bronze Age Warfare
- Episode 23 – Akkad 7 The Fall of Akkad
- Episode 22 – Akkad 6 Slanderous Legends of Naram-Sin
- Episode 21 – Akkad 5 Surpassing Sargon with Naram-Sin
- Episode 20 – Akkad 4 Sargon, the Next Generation
- Episode 19 – Akkad 3 Sargon at war
- Episode 18 – Akkad 2 Sargon at Peace
- Episode 17 – Akkad 1 Sargon Rising
- Episode 16 – Lagash 2 Reform and Corruption in Lagash
- Episode 15 – Lagash 1 Kings and Wars in Lagash
- Episode 14 – Anunnaki 5 Ea, Tales from Creation
- Episode 13 – Anunnaki 4 God of Action Heroes Ninurta
- Episode 12 – Anunnaki 3 Enlil Lord of Wind
- Episode 11 – Wisdom 1 Instructions Manual
- Episode 10 – Mailbag 1 King Shulgi’s Mailbag
- Episode 9 – Anunnaki 2 Ishtar and Dumazid
- Episode 8 – Anunnaki 1 Ishtar Gains Power
- Episode 7 – Sumerians 7 Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim, and Immortality
- Episode 6 – Sumerians 6 Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven
- Episode 5 – Sumerians 5 Gilgamesh has Adventures
- Episode 4 – Sumerians 4, Gilgamesh vs Humbaba
- Episode 3 – Sumerians 3, Gilgamesh and the Taming of Enkidu
- Episode 2.5 – Mesopotamia 0 Before the Beginning
- Episode 2 – Sumerians 2, Lugalbanda, the first superhero
- Episode 1 – Sumerians 1, Enmerkar and Aratta
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