Episode 11 – The Rise of Assyria

The Ancient World

Scott C.

History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2012

⏱️ 40 minutes

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“I slew 14,000 of their warriors with the sword. Like Adad, I rained destruction on them. I scattered their corpses far and wide, and covered the face of the desolate plain with their wide-spreading armies. With my weapons I made their blood to flow down the valleys of the land. The plain was too small for their bodies to fall; the wide countryside was used to bury them. With their corpses I spanned the Orontes as with a bridge.” – Shalmaneser III of Assyria In the early centuries of the first millennium BC, Egypt, Babylonia and the Neo-Hittite states struggled to regain their footing, while Israel, Judah, Aram and Phoenicia continued jockeying for regional power. In 853 BC, the threat of Neo-Assyrian invasion compelled the disparate kingdoms to join forces at the Battle of Qarqar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	400 years ago, a trio of tiny kingdoms were perched on some damp islands off the coast of Europe.
0:06.0	Within three short centuries, these islands would become the center of an empire which ruled a quarter of the globe and on which the sun never set.
0:13.2	I'm Samuel Hume, a historian of the British Empire, and my podcast, Pax Britannica,
0:17.6	follows the people and events that built that empire into a global superpower.
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0:31.2	The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.
0:36.0	When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves,
0:40.0	and when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans.
0:49.0	I'm Tracy, and I'm Rich.
0:51.0	And we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this
0:55.8	pivotal era in American history. Look for the Civil War and Reconstruction wherever
1:01.6	you find your podcasts.
1:03.2	Hi, I'm Scott Chesworth and welcome to the ancient world.
1:11.2	Episode 11, The Rise of Assyria.
1:19.6	Last episode we focused on the Canaanite States in the aftermath of the Bronze Age
1:24.3	collapse. This week I wanted to focus on the former regional powerhouses and
1:29.6	see how each confronted the challenges of the early 1st millennium BC.
1:35.0	Let's start by looking at Egypt.
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