How to Survive in Babylonia

The Ancients

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🗓️ 6 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Would you be able to survive in ancient Babylonia?

In this episode, Tristan is joined once again by Amanda Podany from California State Polytechnic University to discuss the realities of daily life in this fascinating empire. Together, they discuss everything from clay tablet literature and ancient board games to crime, slavery and female entrepreneurship in the era of King Hammurabi c. 1750 BC.

Produced by Joseph Knight. Edited by Aidan Lonergan.

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0:14.3	It's the ancients on history hit. I'm Tristan, he's your host. And in today's episode, we're heading back to ancient Mesopotamia, to the Kingdom of Babylon.
0:20.0	We've talked about kings, heroes, and major architectural achievements of this kingdom in the past,
0:25.0	but we haven't really explored everyday life for people who lived in this area of the world more than 3,000 years ago.
0:34.0	Well, fortunately, pretty amazingly when you think about it,
0:37.5	a lot of information has survived about everyday life in Babylonia
0:42.1	from almost 4,000 years ago.
0:45.0	Who are these people who dwelled between the river Tigris and the river Euphrates,
0:49.0	not just in the city of Babylon and actually less so in the city of Babylon itself at that time but in
0:54.8	surrounding important places like Nippur and Sippa. This was a time when
1:00.6	Hammurabi one of the ancient Middle East's most famous kings, ruled over this area of the world.
1:07.0	To explain all about this, how to survive in Hammurabi's Babylonia,
1:11.0	well we've got the brilliant Professor Amanda Podani returning to the show.
1:15.0	Amanda is such an uplifting person.
1:17.0	Her speaking is captivating.
1:19.7	You can't help but just be engrossed by what she's talking about because she is so passionate about it
1:24.4	and I can happily say that this was one of my favorite interviews of 2024 so far and that is saying
1:30.2	something. I really do hope you enjoy and without further ado is Amanda.
1:37.0	Amanda it is wonderful to have you back on the podcast it's such a pleasure to be here
1:45.8	our last episode on hammer rabbi just over a year ago now that was so much fun and we're back
1:51.1	talking about ancient Babylonia. How to survive daily life because I find this extraordinary.
1:57.3	Archaeology has revealed a lot about daily life for people who lived in this area of the world some 4,000 years ago.
2:03.4	It's right and it's not just archaeology but also it's a time when
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