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  • Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of Babylonia

  • By: Captivating History
  • Narrated by: Desmond Manny
  • Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of Babylonia

By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Desmond Manny
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Summary

Explore the captivating history of Babylon!

The Babylonian influence upon its successors and even modern society knows no bounds. One of the leading civilizations of Mesopotamia, the Babylonians provided the fundamentals of mathematics, agriculture, architecture, metallurgy, and other influential and necessary fields required to develop other great civilizations such as the Greeks, Romans, and even contemporary nations like China and the US. Without them, no neoteric world could exist.

In Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of Babylonia, you will discover topics such as:

  • The land of the Babylonians
  • Life, culture, and gender roles throughout the years
  • Where superstition met science
  • Babylonia before the Babylonians
  • The Amorite Dynasty or the first Babylonians
  • The first fall of Babylon and the rise of the Kassites
  • Assyrian domination and rule, 911-619 BC
  • The Neo-Babylonian Empire
  • The Persian conquest and Hellenistic period
  • Religion, mythology, and the creation myths
  • The short version of the biblical Babylonians
  • And much, much more!

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