Ancient History: What We Know

Ancient History: What We KnowFrom the city states of ancient Mesopotamia to the sacred texts of the Bible, this episode tracks what we can actually verify about the ancient world, what remains uncertain, and how ideas moved through time. We look at Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria, then follow the trail into the cultures and writings that shaped the biblical world, with a focus on evidence, context, and primary sources.In this video we explore how temples and kingship worked in the earliest civilizations, what cuneiform tablets reveal about law and daily life, and why stories like creation, flood traditions, and covenant themes show both parallels and important differences across the ancient Near East. Where scholars disagree, I tell you what is debated and why.