Oldest Stories by James Bleckley
James Bleckley
History and myth of the Cradle of Civilization, bronze age Mesopotamia, beginning with the dawn of writing. The show will cover the full history of Mesopotamia, from Gilgamesh to Nabonidas, a span of some 2500 years, with myths of heroes and gods, and tales of daily life peppered throughout. Sumer, Akkad, Old Babylon, Hittites, and Israel have all been covered in depth, current episodes get deep into the Assyrian Empire. New episodes every other Wednesday. Online at oldeststories.net.
Categories: Education
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King Tukulti-Ninurta II slows down the pace of conquest for a crucial decade. Conquest still happens, and at a breakneck pace, but compared to what we have seen and will see, it is much slower. More importantly, Tukulti-Ninurta spends a lot of his time focused on really establishing what has already been built, constructing more buildings, conducting diplomacy, building out the administration, and that sort of groundwork that will keep the empire stable and strong going forward. Also, Tukulti-Ninurta goes camping, and seems to have a great time doing it. Being an Assyrian king, his version of camping involves razing towns, but cheerfully razing towns rather than being all mean about it. Razing towns and raising spirits, if you like.
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Previous episodes
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178 - OS 142 - The Assyrian Empire Takes Shape Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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177 - OS 141 - The Unintended Aramization of Assyria Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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176 - OS 140- The Dawning of a New Assyrian Empire Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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175 - OS 139 - An Iron King for an Iron Age Wed, 13 Mar 2024
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174 - OS 138 - Erra and Ishum Threaten Destruction Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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173 - OS 137 - The Oldest Dreams Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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172 - OS 136 - The Fifty Shades of Marduk Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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171 - OS 135 - Middle Class Demons of Mesopotamia Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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170 - OS 134 - Poverty, Pessimism, and Comedy in Ancient Mesopotamia Wed, 03 Jan 2024
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169 - The Theology Within History Wed, 27 Dec 2023
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168 - Isaiah 55 Mon, 25 Dec 2023
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167 - The Witness of Lamentations Sat, 23 Dec 2023
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166 - The Book of Job in a Near Eastern Context Fri, 22 Dec 2023
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165 - OS 133 - Jerusalem Falls Wed, 20 Dec 2023
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164 - OS 132 - Judah Ascends Wed, 06 Dec 2023
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163 - OS 131 - Israel's Brutal Judgement Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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162 - Oldest Stories is now a Book! Wed, 15 Nov 2023
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161 - OS 130 - Israel Runs Out of Names Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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160 - OS 129 - Israelite and Phoenician Prosperity Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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159 - OS 128 - Israel's Moabite Neighbors Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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158 - OS 127 - Israel's First Historical King Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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157 - OS 126 - Israel's Great Confusion Wed, 13 Sep 2023
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156 - OS 125 - Israel's Divided Kingdoms Wed, 30 Aug 2023
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155 - OS 124 - Israel's Wisdom and Wealth Wed, 16 Aug 2023
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154 - OS 123 - Israel's Great High Priest Wed, 02 Aug 2023
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153 - OS 122 - Israel's King David Wed, 19 Jul 2023
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152 - OS 121 - Israel's Favorite King Wed, 05 Jul 2023
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151 - OS 120 - Israel's Habiru King Wed, 21 Jun 2023
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150 - OS 119 - Israel's Young Shepherd Wed, 07 Jun 2023
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149 - OS 118 - Israel's First Failed King Wed, 24 May 2023
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148 - OS 117 - Israel's First King Wed, 10 May 2023
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147 - OS 116 - Israel's United Monarchy Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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146 - OS 115 - The Place of Faith in Biblical History Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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145 - OS 114 - Israel's Judges and Defeats Wed, 12 Apr 2023
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144 - OS 113 - Israel's Settlements and Philistine Neighbors Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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143 - OS 112 - Israel's Conquest and Integration in Canaan Wed, 15 Mar 2023
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142 - OS 111 - Israel's Wandering and Settlement Wed, 01 Mar 2023
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141 - OS 110 - Israel and the Hebrews Wed, 15 Feb 2023
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140 - OS 109 - Israel's Numbers Problem Wed, 01 Feb 2023
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139 - OS 108 - Israel's Formation and the Historical Exodus Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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138 - OS 107 - The Bible as History and Skeptical Views Wed, 04 Jan 2023
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137 - OS 106 - The Fate of Anatolia Wed, 21 Dec 2022
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136 - OS 105 - Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad Wed, 07 Dec 2022
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135 - OS 104 - Arameans Everywhere Wed, 23 Nov 2022
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134 - OS 103 - The Babylonian Aristotle, Esagil-Kin-Apli Wed, 09 Nov 2022
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133 - OS 102 - A Bit More Tiglath-Pileser Wed, 26 Oct 2022
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132 - OS 101 - A Short Assyrian Burst of Activity Wed, 12 Oct 2022
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131 - OS 100 - The Babylonian Theodicy Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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130 - OS 99 - The Legend of Nebuchadnezzar Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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129 - OS 98 - Nabu-Kudurri-Usur Wed, 31 Aug 2022