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Episode 21 – For the Sake of Distant Days
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Feb 6, 2013
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Podcast episode
Description
“Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?” – Nahum 3:7 Ashurbanipal spent the end of his reign establishing a library of Mesopotamian knowledge and culture. Twenty years after his death, internal discord and powerful enemies combined to […]
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The post Episode 21 – For the Sake of Distant Days first appeared on THE ANCIENT WORLD.
Released:
Feb 6, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 1 – “Climb the Stone Staircase”: “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 th... by The Ancient World