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From the fall of Ur to the rise of Assyria, how Mesopotamia’s first great collapse forged a new empire
After the Elamites shattered Ur, Mesopotamia splintered into rival kingdoms, ambitious warlords, and fragile survivor states fighting over the ruins of Sumer. This chapter follows Shamshi-Adad’s ...
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Echoes of impermanence: The rise and fall of ancient civilizations and their lessons for today
“Great civilizations are not murdered. Instead, they take their own lives.” The great historian Arnold Toynbee concluded this ...
Guest: Paul Cooper is a podcaster, a historian, and the author of Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline. He writes, produces, and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast which ...
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