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Empire-Builders
By David MainayarHistory
Empire-Builders episodes
- The Sumerian Heritage of the Akkadian Empire
Since there can be no firm understanding of the Sargonic empire without a passing familiarity with the Sumerian city-states that preceded it, this episode is devoted to them, their leading representative being Uruk. With this context established, we will be able to make sense of the Akkadians as well as their successors, because as certainly as day follows night, so too does one empire follow another.
Theme track used: The Age of Empire (Zero Project)22 min - Why Study the Empires of the Past?
An introduction to the Empires podcast.
Theme track used: The Age of Empire (Zero Project)
4 min
About Empire-Builders
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Welcome to Empire-Builders, the podcast all about the rise and fall of the world’s imperial civilizations. We will take for the object of our investigation those civilizations which have…
something to teach us about what happens when human societies with distinct cultural traditions, histories, and mythologies converge, even if only for a single page in the story of mankind. And we will start from the beginning, when the very concept of civilization was only just ripening, for make no mistake — empires have been with us from the start. Before man was, empire awaited him.