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Recent Episodes
Episode 80 – Hittite 13 The Storm Before The Calm
Today the Hittite Empire will fall, pretty much completely, and be replaced by the western anatolian state of Arzawa. We have seen the Hittites beaten pretty badly before, and this is about as bad at it has ever gotten, with even the capitol Hattusa sacked and burned to the ground. But no matter how hard … Continue reading Episode 80 – Hittite 13 The Storm Before The Calm
Episode 79 – Hittite 12 Magic and Medicine in Hattusa
Magic, science, and medicine are our topic today, focusing primarily one the good number of documents on these topics which survive from the Middle Hittite period. We are going to learn how to cure diseases like impotence and argumentativeness, and we are going to learn which animals are and are not ok to have sexual … Continue reading Episode 79 – Hittite 12 Magic and Medicine in Hattusa
Episode 78 – Hittite 11 Foreigners and Vassals of Hatti
Things are tough for the Hittite Empire. The vassals who promise to be loyal keep being disloyal, the enemies who promise to attack keep attacking, and we can’t even know for certain what the logistical situation looked like, though it was surely quite grim, given the number of folks who appear unwilling to show up … Continue reading Episode 78 – Hittite 11 Foreigners and Vassals of Hatti
Read through the archives:
- 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
- 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
- Welcome to the Oldest Stories podcast!
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