Syrian Tales (2): Crossroads and Conflict

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Life in Bronze Age Syria and the Levant (Part Two, 1800 - 1700 BCE). In 2017, we released a charity series to raise money for victims of the Syrian crisis. Now, I release those episodes to you, so that the ongoing conflict will not be forgotten. This is Part Two, in which we explore the city-state of Mari, and its monumental prosperity: a success story that drew the attention of the legendary king, Hammurabi of Babylon... https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/2018/05/02/syrian-tales-free-release/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.1	Our story picks up around 1,800 B.C.
0:39.2	It was approximately 500 years after the fall of the city of Eblah, and now another city in Syria was growing strong.
0:48.4	This was the city of Maori and it is one of the greatest of the ancient Syrian communities.
0:53.6	From Maury we are able to see a second golden age
0:57.7	in the ancient life of the Syrian peoples.
1:00.3	The city of Maury sits on the Lower Euphrates River, near a point where two branches of that
1:07.2	river converge. Marry was ideally placed to control boats sailing down the river after they had emerged from one of the two branches.
1:16.0	They had to pass by the city of Maori on their way up or down the Euphrates.
1:21.0	The Marians, therefore, exerted a strong influence over this section of the river.
1:26.2	Their livelihood was tied to this point.
1:30.3	Marry is named after a god who was worshipped there.
1:33.8	His name was Maar or Meer, which means
1:37.1	tempest or wind.
1:38.9	So Maury is the city of Ma' or the city of the storm god.
1:44.0	In this respect, it is like many Syrian or Mesopotamian towns.
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