EPISODE · Mar 1, 2024 · 29 MIN
S1E10: Were Ancient Middle Easterners Warlike & Violent? How Do We Know So Much About People Who Lived 4,000 Years Ago!
from Scholars Unravel Middle East · host Adel Aali, History Behind News Program
Habits, health, beer parties, careers, raising kids, and personal crises – stories of ancient Mesopotamians told through more than half a million clay tablets. They say, “The past is a foreign country.” This is true. Also true are the similarities of modern and ancient people. 🚩About My Guest: Dr. Amanda Podany is a professor of History at Cal Poly Pomona. She has authored many books, including the following: Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East, and Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East. 🎧History of America's Conspiracy Theories Listen to this amazing episode at the History Behind News podcast. 📽️Subscribe to our YouTube channel 🖱️Support Our Program: We appreciate your financial support of our program. https://historybehindnews.com/support Adel Aali Host, Unravelling the Middle East Host, History Behind News Podcast Unravelling the Middle East podcast is a production of the History Behind News program. Image attribution: "Soldiers, ivory, Mari, Syria." Image by ALFGRN, provided on Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 2.0 license. Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music to guest introduction: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
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Habits, health, beer parties, careers, raising kids, and personal crises – stories of ancient Mesopotamians told through more than half a million clay tablets. They say, “The past is a foreign country.” This is true. Also true are the similarities of modern and ancient people. 🚩About My Guest: Dr. Amanda Podany is a professor of History at Cal Poly Pomona. She has authored many books, including the following: Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East, and Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East. 🎧History of America's Conspiracy Theories Listen to this amazing episode at the History Behind News podcast. 📽️Subscribe to our YouTube channel 🖱️Support Our Program: We appreciate your financial support of our program. https://historybehindnews.com/support Adel Aali Host, Unravelling the Middle East Host, History Behind News Podcast Unravelling the Middle East podcast is a production of the History Behind News program. Image attribution: "Soldiers, ivory, Mari, Syria." Image by ALFGRN, provided on Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 2.0 license. Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music to guest introduction: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
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S1E10: Were Ancient Middle Easterners Warlike & Violent? How Do We Know So Much About People Who Lived 4,000 Years Ago!
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