The Archaeology of the Assyrian Empire: Interview with Professor Bleda During

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Assyrian Empire had a well-deserved reputation for brutality, but brutality alone doesn't explain why it lasted for so long; its residents must have bought into the imperial system for some reason. Professor Bleda During, an expert on the archaeology of empires, shows how people outside the center of Assyria interacted with the empire, and what they got out of it.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Tides of History, add free on Amazon Music.
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0:18.2	Hi everybody, from Wandery, welcome to another episode of Tides of History.
0:21.6	It's great to have you all here and thanks for joining me.
0:24.8	If most of us know anything about the Assyrian Empire today, it's either thanks to their
0:28.6	appearances in the Bible or because of some vaguely remembered ideas of Assyrian brutality.
0:34.4	Yet Assyria was far more than a bit player in an outglobal religious tradition or a particularly
0:39.6	bloodthirsty set of conquerors.
0:41.6	The Assyrian Empire laid the foundations for all of the imperial powers that followed in
0:45.4	the region.
0:46.4	It was also the first world empire, ruling unchallenged over a huge territory stretching
0:50.5	from Egypt to the Caspian Sea, and at its peak it had no rivals.
0:55.8	Today's guest is going to help us understand Assyria and its place in the long sequence
0:59.3	of empires that ruled Western Asia.
1:01.6	Bladed during is Professor of the Archaeology of West Asia at Liden University in the Netherlands.
1:06.0	He's a really wide-ranging and productive scholar who's worked on a ton of different
1:09.4	times and places in the Near East.
1:11.8	Most recently he's the author of The Imperialization of Assyria, an archaeological approach, and
1:16.5	he also co-edited the volume The Archaeology of Imperial Landscapes.
1:20.6	He has also written and collaborated on an enormous number of book chapters and articles.
1:25.5	Thank you so much for joining me today.
1:27.7	Thank you for having me.
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