23 min
Episode C8 – The Heirs of Hatti The Ancient World
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- History
Synopsis: The Great Kings of Carchemish continue ruling over a Hittite rump state in northern Syria as they support the region’s recovery. After an attack by the Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, the Carchemish dynasty is supplanted by the house of Suhi.
“In that year, in the month Kislev,…from the River Khabur of the land Kharku to the city of Carchemish of the land Hatti he plundered. He crossed the Euphrates after them in rafts made of inflated goatskins.” – The Broken Obelisk (of Ashur-bel-kala)
Map of the Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean:
https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/LBA_Hittite_Map.jpg
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Synopsis: The Great Kings of Carchemish continue ruling over a Hittite rump state in northern Syria as they support the region’s recovery. After an attack by the Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, the Carchemish dynasty is supplanted by the house of Suhi.
“In that year, in the month Kislev,…from the River Khabur of the land Kharku to the city of Carchemish of the land Hatti he plundered. He crossed the Euphrates after them in rafts made of inflated goatskins.” – The Broken Obelisk (of Ashur-bel-kala)
Map of the Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean:
https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/LBA_Hittite_Map.jpg
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23 min