A New History of the Ancient Near East with Amanda Podany

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

What is your favourite book that covers the history of the Ancient Near East?

[@ljr35]

I can recommend the audio book also, beautifully read by the author.

[@stevenbrown9275]

I can highly recommend her book, “Brotherhood of Kings”. It was excellent! I’m glad to hear she wrote a new one. Thank you for having her on.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

You're very welcome. 🙂 Enjoy her new book!

[@cameron9643]

just got this book and am getting brotherhood of kings all because of you.

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

Fabulous! I greatly admire Professor Amanda Podany - The crux of my current knowledge about Ancient Mesopotamia is owed to this splendid scholar (the Great Courses / Wondrium). BRAVA! Half of our know history happened in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt (circa 3,000 years) --- above all, I am thankful for her introduction of ENHEDUANNA to me! The first writer in history! PostScript - while I am not fond of the modern cultures of the Middle East, I fell deeply in love with the amazing cultures of Ancient Mesopotamia - Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria. When will Prof Podany publish her book in audio format?

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

We admire her too. 🙂

[@Davlavi]

Love these interviews. The passion of the one being interviewed really shows.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks! We love interviewing so many talented and knowledgeable professionals.

[@jeremiahcastro9700]

Wow! Love this! This goes to show that it takes great skill to masterfully narrate various parts of history.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Definitely. Thanks for your kind words!

[@jeremiahcastro9700]

@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia You're welcome! I just believe that history is the foundation for world knowledge, because without a proper historical context one cannot reason properly and as a result draw false conclusions built upon false premises. I've been pushing the case pretty heavily to some of my friends and acquaintances that history is the foundation for astronomy: *History is the map.* *Chronology is the grid on the map.* *Astronomy are the points on the grid.*

[@regatta2k]

Great interview. Love it !

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks! We love hearing that. 🙂

[@ncayoung]

Thank you, Prof. Podany, for this fascinating talk. Your comments toward the end about the importance of textiles and about women being the weavers were especially eye-opening. One wonders if the women of that time ever recognized their collective power and used it to make demands of any sort.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks, Nancy. We're glad that you enjoyed the video. 🙂

[@cameron9643]

just got the book

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Happy reading!