Who were the Assyrians? Where did they come from? Why did they do the things they did? Why were they so good at unaliving people? Where did they go? Who did they conquer? ... And who conquered them? And much much more
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Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire by Eckart Frahm
0:00-4:55 Intro
4:56-11:06 - The Town That Sells Cloth
11:07-16:57 - How To Build a War Machine
16:58-26:14 - The Birth of Empire
26:15-35:54 - Ghost
35:55-44:22 - Jerusalem
44:23-54:15 - Babylon
54:16-1:04:20 - The Queens, and the Worst Best Year in History
1:04:21-1:18:32 - Scholar, Sadist, Hunter, King
1:18:33-1:33:38 - 22 Years
1:33:39 - The Aftermath