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From the first human civilizations to the Hellenistic and Roman eras

The Ancient World

Synopsis: The launch of “The Ancient World – Ages”, a new series covering the Early Bronze Age Collapse (c. 2200 BC) and the remaking of Southwest Eurasia. We start things off with a discussion of the Ubaid and Uruk Periods of early Mesopotamia.

“After Anu, Enlil, Enki, and Ninhursag

Had fashioned the black-headed people,

Vegetation luxuriated from the earth, 

Animals, four-legged creatures of the plain, were brought 

artfully into existence.” – The Deluge Myth

Original Episode Art By:

https://michaelavonoeming.com

Map of Southwest Eurasia:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A1_Map.png

References and Further Reading:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A1_References.pdf

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Episode A1 - The Four Quarters

Synopsis: This episode covers the early civilizations of Egypt and the Caucasus region, including the Kura-Araxes and Maikop.

“In succession to the Spirits of the Dead and the Demigods, the Egyptians reckon the First Dynasty to consist of eight kings. Among these was Menes (Narmer), whose rule in Egypt was illustrious. I shall record the rulers of each race from the time of Menes. Their succession is as follows…” – Manetho’s Aegyptiaca, as quoted by Syncellus.

Map of SW Eurasia:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A2_Map.png

Map of Egypt:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A2_Egypt.png

Images:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/75506172@N07/albums/72177720325959543/

References and Further Reading:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A2_References.pdf

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Episode A2 - The First Royal House

Synopsis: This episode covers the Early Dynastic Period in Sumer and northern Syria.

“Eannatum gave the great battle net of Enlil to the leader of Umma and made him swear to him by it. The leader of Umma swore to Eannatum: ‘By the life of Enlil, king of heaven and earth! I may exploit the field of Ningirsu as an interest-bearing loan. I shall not destroy the irrigation channel! Forever and evermore, I shall not transgress the territory of Ningirsu! I shall not shift the course of its irrigation channels and canals! I shall not smash its monuments! Whenever I do transgress, may the great battle net of Enlil, king of heaven and earth, by which I have sworn, descend upon Umma’.” – The Stele of the Vultures

Original Episode Art by Mike Oeming:

https://michaelavonoeming.com

Map of SW Eurasia:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A3_Map.png

Map of Sumer and Northern Syria (c. 2380 BC):

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A3_Sumer.png

Kings List:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A3_Kings.pdf

Images:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/75506172@N07/albums/72177720326251557/

References and Further Reading:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A3_References.pdf

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Episode A3 - Kings of Kish

Hi everyone! My friend Dominic at THoE and I are doing a feed-swap this week. It's a great chance to introduce you to his new set of episodes on the pharaoh Ramesses II. More details from Dominic below. Enjoy! - Scott C.

In a land famous for its monarchs – the legendary pharaohs – there is no one quite like Ramesses II. He might be the most famous of all, and we know a heck of a lot more about Ramesses than other rulers like Tutankhamun or Cleopatra VII. Now, after twelve years of narrative
history, The History of Egypt Podcast is finally beginning the reign of this
immortal monarch. The age of Ramesses defines much of what scholars and historians know about ancient Egypt; from the construction of temples and monuments, to the daily life of ordinary citizens… The History of Egypt Podcast is exploring all of it, in as much detail as possible. Along the way, we’ll explore tales like the Battle of Kadesh, when Egypt and the Hittites went head-to-head in bloody conflict; or the Biblical Exodus – did it really happen, and what do we know about it? We’ll visit monuments like Abu Simbel and the famed Ramesseum, home of the largest statues ever built in Egyptian history. And throughout these tales, we’ll meet ordinary folks, in different walks of life, who left their mark on history.

The History of Egypt Podcast is available on all podcasting apps, just follow the links below to learn more. 

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ancientegypthist

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EK7aL9zF57EV1eZb4X6Qg

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast/id626129639

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Bonus Feed-Swap with The History of Egypt Podcast

“Climb the stone staircase, more ancient than the mind can imagine” – The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Sumerians of Mesopotamia, the Elamites of the Persian plateau, and the Egyptians of the Nile River valley were among the first civilizations to emerge in the ancient world.
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Episode 1 – “Climb the Stone Staircase”

Contemporary with early Sumer and Egypt, the Norte Chico thrived along the Peruvian coast, while the Neolithic Britons built their mysterious stone circles. The first European civilization, the Minoans of ancient Crete, exerted a strong cultural influence over the eastern Mediterranean.

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Episode 2 – Circles and Labyrinths

“Now any king who wants to call himself my equal, wherever I went, let him go!” – Sargon the Great

In 2,334 BC, Sargon of Akkad forged the world’s first empire and created a legend that would inspire Near Eastern rulers for millennia. The Third Dynasty of Ur built its smaller but more centralized structure on Akkadian foundations.
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Episode 3 – “Wherever I Went, Let Him Go!”

“From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

The power of Egypt’s Old Kingdom rulers was reflected in their awe-inspiring monuments. The Harappan civilization of the Indus River Valley traded across Central Asia, the Near East and beyond. In the Far East, Great Yu controlled the waters and founded the first Chinese dynasty, the Xia.
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Episode 4 – The Pyramid Builders

“I was asleep upon my bed, having become weary…like a snake of the necropolis. As I came to, I awoke to fighting, and found that it was an attack of the bodyguard. If I had quickly taken weapons in my hand, I would have made the wretches retreat with a charge! But there is none mighty in the night, none who can fight alone.” – Amenemhet I
In the turbulent period between 2,000 and 1,500 BC, Egyptian rulers were not the only ones caught off guard. After rising to new heights, Minoan Crete, Hammurabi’s Babylon and Middle Kingdom Egypt all fell victim to disaster and foreign invasion.
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Episode 5 – Blind-sided

After expelling the Hyksos, the rulers of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty led their New Kingdom in an unprecedented drive for territorial expansion. In Syria and the Levant, they were forced to contend with powerful new states forged by the Hurrians and the Hittites.
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Episode 6 – The New Kingdoms

“I should weary the reader, were I to describe, step by step, the progress of the work, and the discoveries gradually made in various part of the great mound. The labours of one day resembled those of the preceding; but it would be difficult to convey to others an idea of the excitement which was produced by the constant discovery of objects of the highest interest.” – Austen Henry Layard, Nineveh and Its Remains
While Layard resumed his Assyrian excavations, and Rawlinson continued to decipher Akkadian, both efforts began to shed light on the even older civilization of ancient Sumer.
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Episode R6 – The Heroic Age

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