004 - Mesopotamian Merchants
In this episode we'll get to meet two of the more well known merchants from Mesopotamia: Ea-nāşir who lived during the time of the first Babylonian king, Hammurabi, and Lu-Enlilla from the Third Dynas...
14 Sep 201425min
003 - Sargon to Hammurabi: Trade and Turmoil in Ancient Mesopotamia
Although this episode will cover a greater span of time than the first two episodes covered, we'll still slow down and see how a Sumerian moon-god named Nanna-Suen and a Mesopotamian Royal Hymn called...
26 Aug 201425min
002 - Surplus Food, Big Buildings, and Power Hungry Lugals
We'll witness the expansion of Sumer from a scattered farming society into the world's first true civilization and see how society became less egalitarian with the emergence of a ruling class. Then, s...
16 Aug 201420min
001 - Boating with the Ubaid People
In which we meet the Ubaid people and see how they became the first inhabitants of southern Mesopotamia and used their natural resources to construct basic reed boats. Show Notes Support the Podcast
10 Aug 201414min
000 - Maritime History Matters
Thanks for dipping your toes in the figurative waters here with the Maritime History Podcast! I'm Brandon Huebner and I'll briefly introduce the podcast and explain why I think maritime history is an ...
10 Aug 201413min
