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The ancient world. The Ancient World Bloodline

Episode B51 Emesa. She had a vast army, powerful allies, a personal

stronghold and enormous wealth, and was far more experienced in desert warfare than the forces arrayed against her,

which were basic prerequisites when taking on the world's most powerful empire. The invading

army was even then moving south through the intervening desert and she'd carefully selected a strategic site for

her people to make a stand. The enemy ruler had a cruel reputation, even in the context of his people's brutality, and had

spent recent history crushing rebellions with an almost mechanical efficiency.

No matter what happened in the coming battle, she hoped to put up a valiant fight.

So history might be forced to remember the bravery of Shamshi of Kadar.

In 734 BC, a thousand years before Zenobia. Another powerful Arab Queen had challenged a

regional empire. Not just any empire but the Neo-Assyrians, and not just the Neo-Assyrians.

And not just the Neo-Assyrians,

but the Neo-Assyrians at their prime

under Tiggleth Palaisar III.

Fresh from his conquest of Moab and Edam, and prior to extorting more tribute from

Judah, Tigglith decided to take a few days to put down the Arab revolt. The tribe in question, called the Kedar, had sworn

him loyalty in 738, but their Queen Zabibe had recently died and

shamshe'd taken her place. Her name, of course, like Samse Garamus came from the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash.

And she ruled her tribe from the stronghold of automatu. Centuries later, as Roman Dumata, the site was used by Septimius Severus to anchor

Roman control of the Southern Desert.

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