The Drumbeat Forever After
By Alex
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Subscribers: 32
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Episodes: 42
Description
A podcast focusing on the Bronze Age in the Near East, from the development of agriculture during the Neolithic to the collapse of the Late Bronze Age world system at the end of the second millennium BCE and everything in between. Every episode also includes a look at a particular myth or ancient text.
Episodes 1, 17, and 31 are good places to start.
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41: Presargonic Lagash & Girsu, 2500-2300 BCE (Hymns to Nanshe)
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May 13, 2025 |
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40: Royal Tombs of Ur, 2600-2400 BCE (The death of Gilgamesh)
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Update on the show & beveled-rim bowls
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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39: Temples of Early Dynastic Nippur, 2900-2300 BCE (Enlil & Ninlil)
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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38: Abu Salabikh and the first Semitic-language literature, 2600-2500 BCE (Debate between two women, Lugalbanda & Ninsuna)
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May 21, 2023 |
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37: The decline & fall of Kish, 2600-2300 BCE (Hymn to Shamash, Kesh temple hymn)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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36: Interviews: Karrar Sabah on Eridu, Malath Feadha & Jaafar Jotheri on the geology of the Sumerian wetlands
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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35: Shuruppak & the first Sumerian literature, 2600-2500 BCE (Instructions of Shuruppak)
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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34: The Lower Diyala & the foundation of Mari, 2900-2600 BCE (Ningishzida’s journey to the nether world)
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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6: Çatalhöyük, the Domuztepe death pit, & Late Neolithic Anatolia, 7400-5500 BCE (Nergal & Ereshkigal)
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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33: The golden age of Kish, 2900-2600 BCE (Gilgamesh vs Aga of Kish)
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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32: Early Sumerians in Ur, 2900-2600 BCE (Gilgamesh vs the Bull of Heaven)
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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31: Introduction to Early Dynastic Sumer (& the historical Gilgamesh), 2900-2350 BCE (Gilgamesh vs Huwawa, version B)
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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30: Late Chalcolithic metallurgy & the dawn of the Bronze Age, 4500-3000 BCE (Copper vs Silver)
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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29: Wool & weaving in Mesopotamia, 3500-3000 BCE (Sheep vs Grain)
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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28: The Proto-Elamite period in Susa, 3200-2800 BCE (Lugalbanda, part 3)
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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27: The Jemdet Nasr period in the land of Akkad, 3200-3000 BCE (Lugalbanda, part 2)
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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26: Uruk III Unug, 3200-3000 BCE (Lugalbanda, part 1)
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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25: The invention of writing in Uruk IVA Unug, ca 3300-3200 BCE (Babel, Hymn to Nisaba)
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May 24, 2022 |
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24: The Late Uruk industrial revolution in Unug, 3500-3200 BCE (Hoe vs Plow)
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May 09, 2022 |
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23: Unug (Uruk) and Late Uruk Sumer, 3500-3200 BCE (Hymns to Inanna)
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May 04, 2022 |
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22: The Uruk period in Susiana, 3900-3200 BCE (Enmerkar vs Ensuhkeshdanna)
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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21: The Late Uruk expansion in the north, 3500-3200 BCE (Enmerkar & the lord of Aratta, part 2)
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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20: The Middle Uruk expansion in the north, 4000-3500 BCE (Enmerkar & the lord of Aratta, part 1)
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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19: Tell Brak, the first city in West Asia, 4500-3600 BCE (Antigone, the Death of Enkidu)
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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18: The foundation of Susa, 4500-3900 BCE (Inanna & An)
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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17: The first Sumerian cities, Early-Middle Uruk periods, 4200-3500 BCE
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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16: Ubaid society & the first Mesopotamian temples, 5300-4200 BCE (Thersites vs Odysseus)
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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15: Season One review
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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14: Ubaid Northern Mesopotamia, 5300-4400 BCE (Nanna-Suen’s journey)
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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13: Ubaid sea trade with the Persian Gulf, 5400-4500 BCE (Flood story, Home of the fish)
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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12: Ubaid culture and the golden age of Eridu, 5300-4200 BCE (Enki & the world order)
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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11: The early Ubaid period in the southern delta, 6500-5300 BCE (Bird vs Fish)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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10: Late Neolithic Iran & the Susiana plain, 6800-4700 BCE (Sumerian proverbs)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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9: Late Neolithic daily life: farming, herding, cooking, weaving, & brewing, 7000-5300 BCE (Inanna & Dumuzi, part 3)
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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8: Gender, marriage, & property in Late Neolithic Syria, 7000-5300 BCE (Inanna & Ereshkigal, part 2)
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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7: Life, death, dinner parties, & the first pottery in Syria, 7000-5300 BCE (Inanna, Enki, & Ereshkigal, part 1)
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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5: Early Neolithic Iran & livestock domestication, 8200-6500 BCE (Animal proverbs, Enkidu)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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4: Jericho & Early Neolithic Palestine, 9600-7000 BCE (Joshua, Jesus & Satan)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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3: Early Neolithic Upper Mesopotamia, 9600-7000 BCE (Telipinu)
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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2: Göbekli Tepe & Early Neolithic cereal domestication, 9600-8000 BCE (Ninurta vs Asag)
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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1: Introduction & Natufian Syro-Palestine, 13000-9600 BCE (Atrahasis)
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Aug 19, 2021 |