The Rise of the Late Bronze Age Empires: The Hittites, Mittani, and Assyrians

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Viewed from the perspective of international trade, political complexity, and written culture, the late Bronze Age world of the Aegean and Near East marked a high point before the fall. But how did this world come into existence? The empires of the Hittites, Mittani, and Assyrians - along with Egypt’s New Kingdom - marked the beginning of something new, an age of intense war and political competition on a scale larger than ever before.

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0:00.0	He ran, his lungs burning with exertion, his legs aching with the effort, sandal slapping
0:16.7	against the flat ground of the plate.
0:19.4	He had dropped his wooden shield sometime before, along with his helmet, to aid in his flight.
0:24.5	His spear was still clutched in one sweaty hand.
0:27.3	His sharp bronze point, reassuring sight, that did a little to quell his fear and push
0:31.3	the bile back down his throat.
0:33.8	Just a bit further, he thought.
0:35.4	The river was just ahead.
0:37.3	He could jump in and swim to the other side, and his pursuers wouldn't be able to catch
0:40.4	him.
0:41.4	If he made it to the river, he would be safe.
0:44.2	Where was it?
0:45.2	Where was it?
0:46.2	He saw the shallow rise of Bo-Shotahen of him.
0:49.0	Up, then down, and then the river.
0:51.6	Nearly there.
0:53.0	Without looking back, he knew that some of his fellow soldiers were still with him.
0:56.8	He could hear their feet pounding on the dusty churned earth behind him, along with their
1:01.0	labor breathing.
1:02.7	His senses were heightened by the fear and adrenaline, coursing through his systems.
1:07.4	Enough that the bronze arrowhead cracking off a rock and arms length away from him registered
1:11.6	clearly.
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