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54. Eckart Frahm: A new history of Assyria, the world's first empire

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Eckart has just published a new history of Assyria. What sources can we draw on? How reliable are they? He talks about Assyria's remarkable royal women and how they were remembered. What did the Assyrians achieve and what is their legacy?
3:39 how have we heard of the Assyrians?
6:42 biblical and classical texts as sources
9:36 what do we need to know about Assyria?
12:44 Assyrian royal women
18:33 were the Assyrians really 'cruel'?
23:44 empathy for the Assyrians
25:31 their greatest achievements?
28:03 Assyria's legacy
32:33 Eckart's approach to history writing
35:55 what's new?
39:46 unsolved problems
Eckart's university page
Eckart's Academia
His new book is available
US: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eckart-frahm/assyria/9781541674400/?lens=basic-books
UK: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/assyria-9781526623812/

Music by Ruba Hillawi
Website: http://wedgepod.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSM7ZlAAgOXv4fbTDRyrWgw
Email: wedgepod@gmail.com
Twitter: @wedge_pod
Patreon: http://Patreon.com/WedgePod

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Kapitel

1. 54. Eckart Frahm: A new history of Assyria, the world's first empire (00:00:00)

2. how have we heard of the Assyrians? (00:03:39)

3. biblical and classical texts as sources (00:06:42)

4. what do we need to know about Assyria? (00:09:36)

5. Assyrian royal women (00:12:44)

6. were the Assyrians really 'cruel'? (00:18:33)

7. empathy for the Assyrians (00:23:44)

8. their greatest achievements? (00:25:31)

9. Assyria's legacy (00:28:03)

10. Eckart's approach to history writing (00:32:33)

11. what's new? (00:35:55)

12. unsolved problems (00:39:46)

72 episoder

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Innehåll tillhandahållet av Jon Taylor. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Jon Taylor eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.

Eckart has just published a new history of Assyria. What sources can we draw on? How reliable are they? He talks about Assyria's remarkable royal women and how they were remembered. What did the Assyrians achieve and what is their legacy?
3:39 how have we heard of the Assyrians?
6:42 biblical and classical texts as sources
9:36 what do we need to know about Assyria?
12:44 Assyrian royal women
18:33 were the Assyrians really 'cruel'?
23:44 empathy for the Assyrians
25:31 their greatest achievements?
28:03 Assyria's legacy
32:33 Eckart's approach to history writing
35:55 what's new?
39:46 unsolved problems
Eckart's university page
Eckart's Academia
His new book is available
US: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eckart-frahm/assyria/9781541674400/?lens=basic-books
UK: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/assyria-9781526623812/

Music by Ruba Hillawi
Website: http://wedgepod.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSM7ZlAAgOXv4fbTDRyrWgw
Email: wedgepod@gmail.com
Twitter: @wedge_pod
Patreon: http://Patreon.com/WedgePod

  continue reading

Kapitel

1. 54. Eckart Frahm: A new history of Assyria, the world's first empire (00:00:00)

2. how have we heard of the Assyrians? (00:03:39)

3. biblical and classical texts as sources (00:06:42)

4. what do we need to know about Assyria? (00:09:36)

5. Assyrian royal women (00:12:44)

6. were the Assyrians really 'cruel'? (00:18:33)

7. empathy for the Assyrians (00:23:44)

8. their greatest achievements? (00:25:31)

9. Assyria's legacy (00:28:03)

10. Eckart's approach to history writing (00:32:33)

11. what's new? (00:35:55)

12. unsolved problems (00:39:46)

72 episoder

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