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Ancient Mesopotamia
Every Historical Conquest article on Ancient Mesopotamia — 13 pieces of narrative history written for students and teachers.
3. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Invention of Cuneiform Writing - Uruk Period, Early Mesopotamia
My Name is Anu-malik: Scholar-Priest of Uruk and Keeper of the Sacred SignsI was born in Uruk, where the temples of the gods rose higher than any wall or palace. The air
52 min
4. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Early Dynastic Period: Rivalries between ( Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Ki
My Name is Baranamtarra of Lagash: Queen and High Priestess of NingirsuI was born in Lagash, a city of sacred waters and towering temples, where the songs of priests rose
59 min
5. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Creation of the First Known Legal Code
My Name is Enmetena: Ruler of LagashI was born into a lineage that carried the weight of both prosperity and strife. My father, Enannatum I, ruled before me, as had my gr
58 min
6. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Akkadian Empire and the World’s First Empire
My Name is Enheduanna: High Priestess of Inanna and Daughter of SargonI was born into the dawn of empire, when my father, Sargon of Akkad, rose from obscurity to unite th
56 min
7. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Decline of Akkadian rule and rise of Ur III
My Name is Tirigan of Gutium: The Last King of the GutiansI was born among the rugged mountains east of Sumer, where the mists hung low and the people were strong but unt
62 min
8. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Rise of Babylon under Hammurabi
My Name is Sin-Muballit: King of BabylonWhen I first took the throne of Babylon, our city was little more than a modest kingdom on the banks of the Euphrates, overshadowe
57 min
9. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I
My Name is Marduk-apla-iddina I: King of BabylonI was born into a kingdom weary and wounded. The great Kassite dynasty that had ruled Babylon for centuries was fading, it
57 min
10. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Assyrian Dominance (between 2000-1000 BC)
My Name is Shamshi-Adad I: King of Upper MesopotamiaI was born in a time when the great cities of Mesopotamia were fractured, each fighting for dominance, each claiming d
48 min
11. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Mesopotamian Cultural Achievements (between 2000-1000 BC)
My Name is King Shulgi of Ur: The Scholar-King of SumerI was born in the great city of Ur, the jewel of Sumer, son of King Ur-Nammu, founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur. F
57 min
12. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Neo-Assyrian Empire
My Name is King Ashur-dan II: The Reclaimer of Assyria’s BordersWhen I ascended the throne of Assyria around the year 934 BC, my kingdom was a shadow of its former greatn
53 min
13. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Neo-Babylonian Empire
My Name is King Nabopolassar: Founder of the Neo-Babylonian EmpireI was born in a time when Babylon, once the jewel of Mesopotamia, bowed beneath the heavy yoke of Assyri
53 min
14. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Fall of Babylon and Loss of Mesopotamian Independence
My Name is King Nabonidus: The Last King of BabylonI am Nabonidus, the last king to sit upon the throne of Babylon. My reign began in the year 556 before the birth of Chr
59 min
15. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Mesopotamia: Fall of Mesopotamia
My Name is Darius I the Great: King of Kings of the Persian EmpireI was not born the heir to a throne but rather into the royal line of the Achaemenids, distant from powe
56 min