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Episode Synopsis
Habits, health, beer parties, careers, raising kids, and personal crises – stories of ancient Mesopotamians told through more than half a million clay tablets. They say, “The past is a foreign country.” This is true. Also true are the similarities of modern and ancient people.
🚩About My Guest:
Dr. Amanda Podany is a professor of History at Cal Poly Pomona. She has authored many books, including the following:
Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East, and
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East.
🎧History of America's Conspiracy Theories
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Adel Aali
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Image attribution:
"Soldiers, ivory, Mari, Syria." Image by ALFGRN, provided on Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
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1. Opening and closing music of the program:
Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.
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The Desert | The Grand Score
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The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com
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🚩About My Guest:
Dr. Amanda Podany is a professor of History at Cal Poly Pomona. She has authored many books, including the following:
Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East, and
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East.
🎧History of America's Conspiracy Theories
Listen to this amazing episode at the History Behind News podcast.
📽️Subscribe to our YouTube channel
🖱️Support Our Program:
We appreciate your financial support of our program.
https://historybehindnews.com/support
Adel Aali
Host, Unravelling the Middle East
Host, History Behind News Podcast
Unravelling the Middle East podcast is a production of the History Behind News program.
Image attribution:
"Soldiers, ivory, Mari, Syria." Image by ALFGRN, provided on Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
Music attributions:
1. Opening and closing music of the program:
Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.
Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/
Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program.
2. Background music to guest introduction:
The Desert | The Grand Score
https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html
The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes:
The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Music
promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
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