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Ep 115 – Rant Chat
So the bonus episode today has already gotten a bit of a mixed response, which is fine. I record all my episodes more for myself than the audience, and this more than most episodes was like that. But, for those who sat through a full hour of my groundless, poorly formed opinions, with opinions of…
Israel Mini-Series Megapost
As of now, I have notes out to King Saul, which is a surprising number of episodes. I thought this would be like a five episode series, and every time I put one episode together, I find it stretches out more and more. But that is fine, I am having a lot of fun with…
Giants and the Conquest of Canaan
So, this didn’t make it into the actual podcast anywhere, but I am a big fan, in general of the recently departed Dr. Michael Hieser, author of “The Unseen Realm” and other similar works. He has a system of biblical analysis which focuses heavily on the ancient ideas of the council of the gods and…
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- Ep 115 – Rant Chat
- Israel Mini-Series Megapost
- Giants and the Conquest of Canaan
- oops, I have a website, don’t I
- Ep 97 – Middle 1 – Ashur-Dan and the Isin Dynasty
- Misc 5 – An Overview of Bronze Age Mesopotamia
- Industry 5 The Bronze of the Age
- Industry 4 – The Fabric of Civilization and Last Century’s Fashions
- Anunnaki 10 Shamash, the Sun
- Anunnaki 9 Passionate Daughter Ishtar
- Industry 3 Liquid Bread
- Industry 2 The Stuff of Life
- Industry 1 The Earthen World
- Listener Questions and Answers Episode!
- Any TikTokkers out there?
- Canaanites!
- Elamites with Trevor Culley
- Ask your question about the ancient world!
- Episode 96 – Hittite 22 Fall of the Hittite Empire
- Episode 95 – Hittite 21 Hattusili Secures His Legacy
- Episode 94 – Hittite 20 Hattusili the Peace Maker
- Episode 93 Hittite 19 Hattusili’s Palace Drama
- Episode 92 – Annunaki 8 Nergal and Ereshkigal
- Episode 91 – Kassite 6 A Muddy Mesopotamian Mess
- Episode 90 – Kassite 5 Tukulti-Ninurta’s Victories
- Episode 89 – Kassite 4 The Peaceful Decline of Kassite Babylon
- Episode 88 – Assyria 5 The Destruction of Mitanni
- Episode 87 – Assyria 4 Rebirth of an Old City
- Episode 86 – Hittite 18 The Battle of Kadesh
- Episode 85 – Hittite 17 New Cities and New Villains
- Episode 84 – Hittite 16 Mursili’s Plague
- Episode 83 – Hittite 15 Vengeance, Mortal and Divine
- Episode 82 – Hittite 14 Suppiluliuma Irritates Egypt
- Episode 81 – Mitanni 9 King Tushratta Begs and Runs Away
- Episode 80 – Hittite 13 The Storm Before The Calm
- Episode 79 – Hittite 12 Magic and Medicine in Hattusa
- Episode 78 – Hittite 11 Foreigners and Vassals of Hatti
- Episode 77 – Hittite 10 Idrimi’s Adventure and Tudhaliya’s Invasion
- Episode 76 – Kassite 3 The Amarna Mailbag
- Episode 75 – Kassite 2 Building Babylonia
- Episode 74 – Kassite 1 A New Dawn for Babylon
- Episode 73 – Mitanni 8 Corruption in Nuzi
- Bonus 4 Akitu New Year Special
- Episode 72 – Mitanni 7 Lawyers of Nuzi
- 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
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