The Early Amorites of Mesopotamia (2600-1800 BC)
History with Cy
English - February 10, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBCourses Education Society & Culture Places & Travel history ancient history medieval history world history country history ancient mesopotamia ancient greece ancient persia medieval europe ancient anatolia Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Some of you wanted to know a bit more about the Amorites and they're arrival into Mesopotamia, so I thought I'd do a quick podcast on it. This program will take a look at early references to Amorites in Sumerian, Elbaite and Akkadian documents. <!--more-->
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Who were the Amorites?
05:20 Earliest mention of Amorites in Sumerian texts
06:26 Amorites in texts from Ebla and other cities
12:25 Amorites and the fall of Ur
16:52 Letter of Ushashum the Amorite to Bilalama of Eshnunna
20:16 Thank you and patrons
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