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Cyrus the Great arrives, Nabonidus falls, and several people eat human meat as we sort through Herodotus to tell the story of the rise of Persia in the mid-6th century BCE.
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Check out the episode of Super Structure I was featured in:
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Bibliography:
https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cyaxares-gk/
https://www.livius.org/sources/content/nabonidus-cylinder-from-sippar/
Paul-Alain Beaulieu - 'Reign of Nabonidus';
Matt Waters - 'King of the World';
Herodotus, Sélincourt (trnsl.) - 'The Histories';
C.J. Gadd - 'The Fall of Nineveh: The Newly Discovered Babylonian Chronicle';
M. David Litwa - 'How the Gospels Became History';
By Hayden TankCyrus the Great arrives, Nabonidus falls, and several people eat human meat as we sort through Herodotus to tell the story of the rise of Persia in the mid-6th century BCE.
Support the show by joining the Patreon:
https://patreon.com/biblelorepodcast
Helpful map:
https://www.worldhistory.org/image/265/empire-of-cyrus-the-great/
Check out the episode of Super Structure I was featured in:
https://www.patreon.com/SuperStructure/posts/late-great-earth-159135809
Bibliography:
https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cyaxares-gk/
https://www.livius.org/sources/content/nabonidus-cylinder-from-sippar/
Paul-Alain Beaulieu - 'Reign of Nabonidus';
Matt Waters - 'King of the World';
Herodotus, Sélincourt (trnsl.) - 'The Histories';
C.J. Gadd - 'The Fall of Nineveh: The Newly Discovered Babylonian Chronicle';
M. David Litwa - 'How the Gospels Became History';