Babylon: The City at the Center of the World - The Concise History of Babylonia (2000-539 BC)

This program explores the history of the ancient city of Babylon and the land once known as Babylonia.  We'll uncover the story of this great city over the course of fifteen centuries and learn about its impact and why it was so beloved as well as hated by so many in the ancient world.   We'll also meet an interesting and rather eclectic cast of kings including Hammurabi, Zimri-Lim, Rim-Sin, Samsu-iluna, Marduk-apla-iddina II, Sargon II, Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal, Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar I & II, Nabonidus, Cyrus the Great and many more. Contents:00:00 Introduction04:00 Before Babylon: The Fall of the Neo-Sumerian Empire05:30 Ibbi-Sin and Ishbi-Erra09:27 Letter of Puzur-Numushda to Ibbi-Sin12:21 Fall of Ur and the Birth of Babylonian Civilization15:11 Dynasties of Isin and Larsa (Isin-Larsa Period)19:00 The First Dynasty of Babylon26:32 Hammurabi of Babylon27:48 Zimri-Lim of Mari29:48 War with Eshnunna30:46 The Sukkalmah of Elam33:12 War with Elam35:51 Hammurabi and Rim-Sin39:41 Hammurabi and Zimri-Lim42:24 The Law Code of Hammurabi46:07 Rebellions during the Reign of Samsu-iluna52:30 The Last Four Kings of the First Dynasty55:29 The Hittite Invasion of Babylonia58:03 The Kassites take Control01:03:45 The Kassites Reunite Babylonia 01:06:30 Rivalry with Assyria 01:09:05 Assyria show Babylon who’s Boss01:11:40 Tukulti-Ninurta’s Conflict with the Kassites01:14:35 The Second Sack of Babylon01:18:37 Elamite Incursions01:20:10 Babylon Bounces Back01:22:36 The End of the Kassite Era01:25:55 The Second Dynasty of Isin01:27:23 Nebuchadnezzar I Avenges Babylon 01:33:50 Life under the Second Dynasty of Isin01:34:56 Literary Works: Enuma Elish and Sakkiku01:37:24 More Assyrian Meddling 01:43:43 Dark Age and Mysterious Dynasties of Babylon01:44:40 Second Dynasty of the Sealand01:47:43 The Bazi Dynasty01:48:11 The Elamite Dynasty 01:49:10 Dynasty E01:53:52 Tiglath-pileser III and the Neo-Assyrian Era of Babylon02:01:48 Marduk-apla-iddina II of Babylon and Sargon the II of Assyria02:11:19 Sennacherib 01:24:50 The Destruction of Babylon02:27:50 Esarhaddon Rebuilds Babylon02:33:12 Ashurbanipal and Shamash-shumu-ukin02:39:40 Nabopolassar and the Fall of Assyria02:46:54 Nebuchadnezzar II 02:53:10 Nabonidus, the Last Babylonian King02:56:40 Cyrus the Great and the Persian Conquest of Babylon03:01:04 End of an Era03:07:27 Thank You and PatronsSupport the show