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Dive deep into the soul of Assyria. Interviews with influential Assyrians from around the globe.
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History and myth of the Cradle of Civilization, bronze age Mesopotamia, beginning with the dawn of writing. The show will cover the full history of Mesopotamia, from Gilgamesh to Nabonidas, a span of some 2500 years, with myths of heroes and gods, and tales of daily life peppered throughout. Sumer, Akkad, Old Babylon, Hittites, and Israel have all been covered in depth, current episodes get deep into the Assyrian Empire. New episodes every other Wednesday. Online at oldeststories.net.
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History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in twelve volumes, was translated from the French original, “Histoire ancienne des peuples de l'Orient classique” by E. L. McClure and published in 1903-1904. Maspero was a largely self-taught master of hieroglyphic translation. In November 1880, he was placed at the head of a French archeological mission, which developed later into the Institut Français d’Archéol ...
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Looking for a fresh and fun way to explore the Bible? Join Master Storyteller, Michael Wood, M.Ed., M.S., as he brings the easy-to-read version (ERV) of the Bible to life! Perfect for young Christians or those curious about the Good Book, our dramatized podcast features unique voices, thrilling music, and captivating sound effects. Dive into all 66 books with engaging introductions showing you how everything connects from Genesis to Revelation. Thanks to Bible League International, you can t ...
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Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history. www.foreignexchanges.news
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Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond.
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Join us on a journey of exploration and discovery as we delve into the depths of the Bible from a Jewish perspective. Our podcast offers an in-depth reading and analysis of the scriptures, exploring the nuances and meanings of each passage. But we don't stop there - we also tackle questions that arise along the way, providing thoughtful and informative answers. Our podcast is designed for those who are seeking a deeper understanding of the Bible and want to explore its teachings in a meaning ...
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Helping people grow closer to the Lord in His Second Coming
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A podcast that will cover chronologically the greatest conquerors in history starting from Sargon the great of Akkad more than 4,000 years ago, until Napoleon Bonaparte and beyond...
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Thin End of the Wedge explores life in the ancient Middle East. There are many wonderful stories we can tell about those people, their communities, the gritty reality of their lives, their hopes, fears and beliefs. We can do that through the objects they left behind and the cities where they once lived. Our focus is on the cultures that used cuneiform (“wedge-shaped”) writing, so mostly on ancient Iraq and nearby regions from about 3000 BC to about 100 AD. Thin End of the Wedge brings you ex ...
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Day 189 | King Ahaz turns to Assyria for help | Paul sails to Rome to go before Caesar
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Day 189 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. Amid the clash of kings, Ahaz misplays his royal cards by banking on Assyria, leaving Israel under the judgement hammer, while Samaria faces the brutal 'game over' screen due to their spiritual negligence. In Acts, as if playing musical chairs with royal courts wasn't enough, Paul also had to debunk acc…
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Assyria and Its Empire, with Eckart Frahm
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Hello Foreign Exchanges listeners, and welcome back to our periodic podcast series! This time out it’s my privilege to welcome Eckart Frahm, Professor of Assyriology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University, to talk about his book, Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire. We’ll talk about what …
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Today we look at the psychology and genius of Assurnasirpal and get a good look at both the strengths and weaknesses of the Assyrian terror-based governance strategy. A massive feast will be held, the Babylonians will be resurgent, and a massive uprising will threaten Assyrian invincibility. If you like the show, consider sharing with your friends,…
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Stories from Israel-Palestine, Niger, France, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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Day 195 | Jonah gets swallowed by a whale | Romans 2:Everyone will be judged
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Day 195 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. When Jonah tries to skedaddle away from God's command to prophesy doom in Nineveh, he endures a sea monster sleepover and the world's fastest-growing plant, only to find out that even the 'bad guys' can teach a thing or two about compassion and forgiveness. In Romans, Paul warns the Romans against hypoc…
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Day 194 | King Nebuchadnezzar takes Jerusalem | Israelites are captured | Romans 1: All have sinned
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Day 194 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. King Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian forces seize the ultimate win, turning the royal chessboard upside-down, leaving Jerusalem a mere ghost town, and bringing down the curtain on the kingdom of Judah. In Romans, in his letter, Paul casts light on the willful ignorance of humanity, outlining their preferenc…
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Day 193 | The Righteous King Josiah is killed by Pharaoh Neco | Intro to Romans | Paul thanks the Believers in Rome
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Day 193 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. King Josiah implements a religious reform bonanza, only to be followed by a succession of not-so-great kings, leading to Babylonian boss Nebuchadnezzar playing landlord over Judah's land. In Romans, Paul pens an all-star fan letter to the Romans, boasting about their faith being the talk of the town, an…
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Day 192 | King Manasseh is evil | King Josiah is only 8, but he's righteous | Paul's final words in Rome
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Day 192 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. When Kings go bad, they go really bad, like Manasseh and Amon with their idol parties, until the young King Josiah shows up, finds a dusty old book in the temple (the law!), leading to a spiritual spring cleaning. In the grand finale of Acts, Paul turns his Roman house-arrest into a two-year open-house …
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Isaiah 18 Part 1 (1-7) | The Call to Distant Lands
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Day 191 | Hezekiah prays to the Lord for his health | Babylonian captivity prophesied | Paul bitten by a poisonous snake in Malta
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Day 191 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. King Hezekiah, battling illness and the Assyrian's dire predictions, calls upon God and, with a miraculous shadow-shifting sundial and an extended life warranty, proves that divine customer service is second to none. In Acts, after shipwreck shenanigans and a viper vaccination, Paul gets a warm welcome …
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Day 190 | King Hezekiah of Judah battles the Assyrian Army | Paul is shipwrecked with his Roman guards
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Day 190 of the One Year Audio Bible Experience. King Hezekiah turned the tables on King Sennacherib, trusting in God, praying and prophesying his way out of an Assyrian pickle, much to Sennacherib's astonishment. In Acts, Paul transforms from prisoner to trusted shipwreck-survival guide, proving that even in the wildest storm, there's always room f…
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Day 188 | Kings of Israel rise and fall | Paul defends himself to King Agrippa and Festus
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Day 188 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. Israel and Judah play a merry-go-round of kings, with Jeroboam II and Azariah maintaining long reigns amidst the short stints of Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, and Jotham, shaping a tale of varying leaderships and unsteady times. In Acts, Paul, in an imperial face-off with King Agrippa and Bernice, …
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Day 187 | Rise and Fall of Kings | Amazing thing at Elisha's grave | Festus resides over Paul's case
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Day 187 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. King Jehoash spearheads temple renovations, but despite good intentions, things go awry with Hazael of Syria; meanwhile, in a whirlwind of power shuffling, King Jehoahaz faces oppression only for his son Joash to reclaim lost territories, and a rough-and-tumble prophet Jonah makes an impactful debut. In…
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Day 186 | Jehu wipes out the last of Ahab's family and prophets of Baal | Paul defends himself in court
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Day 186 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. Jehu embarks on a royally ruthless purge, turning Ahab's family into history while Athaliah, the power-hungry mom-queen, seizes Judah's throne, only to be outmaneuvered by a quick-thinking priest and a seven-year-old king-in-the-making. In Acts, in an epic courtroom face-off, Paul, armed with the invinc…
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Day 185 | Jehu is King of Israel | Jezebel, Joram, and Ahaziah are murdered | Romans have custody of Paul
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Day 185 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. Jehoram takes the throne only to be succeeded by his brother Ahaziah, while over in Israel, Elisha sends a young prophet to anoint Jehu, who then stages a high-speed, chariot-racing coup, complete with an ominous prophecy for Jezebel. In Acts, when 40 wannabe assassins swear off food until they've knock…
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The Early History of Near Eastern Cavalry
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Bonus episode today, a bit of a crossover with the bronze age stuff I am doing on Youtube about the video game Total War Pharaoh. Despite that, I think it will be of general enough interest to go on the podcast feed because the history of cavalry and the evolution and impact of the horse is keenly relevant here in the iron age, ironically more so t…
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Day 184 | Elisha makes a dark prophecy about Hazael | Paul stands against the Roman guards in Jerusalem
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Day 184 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. From famine to feast, from invisibility cloaks to prophetic foretellings, these chapters are the whacky rollercoaster ride of ancient Israel, featuring miraculous multiplying oil, clandestine meetings, and one lady's relentless real estate saga. In Acts, Paul plays the ultimate 'Survivor' in the heated …
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Day 183 | Elisha performs miracles in Israel | Paul describes his conversion to the High Council in Jerusalem
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Day 183 of the One Year Audio Bible Experience. In the great culinary experiment of the ancient world, Elisha turns deadly stew into a delectable soup, multiplies loaves to feed a hundred, floats an axe head, blinds an enemy army, then serves them breakfast, proving miracles are the best spice of life. In Acts, Paul turns from Jerusalem's Most Want…
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Growing DevHub & Being Assyrian with Mark Michael
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Episode 203 - Mark Michael guided DevHub.com through venture-backed Series A, A1, and completed the acquisition of Brickwork Software, adding Nike, Chanel, and David Yurman among leading Fortune 1000 companies powered through DevHub’s OEM and VAR channels. He continues to lead DevHub as CEO. Through his role as the CEO of DevHub, Mark works with mu…
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Day 182 | King Joram battles the Moabites | Elisha heals a dead boy | Paul arrives in Jerusalem
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Day 182 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. The prophet Elisha embarks on a whirlwind of miracles, including water from nowhere, multiplying oil, a resurrection of a child, and a deliciously mysterious multiplying bread miracle. In Acts, from town to town Paul zigzags, tangling with prophecies and local traditions, until he lands in Jerusalem and…
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Day 181 | Intro 2 Kings | Elijah is taken to Heaven | Paul travels to Jerusalem
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Day 181 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. Elijah decides to take the heavenly elevator up, dropping his mantle to Elisha, who picks up where Elijah left off, unleashing miracles and sending a pack of bears to chase off some rude kids, making this the ultimate tale of 'passing the bear-necessity torch'. In Acts, Paul goes on a heartwarming farew…
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Stories from Iran, Sudan, France, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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Day 180 | King Ahab and King Jehoshaphat battle the Arameans | Paul faces worshipers of Artemis
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Day 180 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. King Ahab of Israel must've missed his horoscope reading that morning, because despite Micaiah's prophecy of doom, he goes into battle and - surprise, surprise - ends up under a random arrow, proving once again, you can't dodge destiny, especially when it comes with a bullseye. In Acts, ehen the local E…
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Day 179 | King Ahab wars against Ben-Hadad | Jezebel plots against Naboth | Apollos joins the new church
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Day 179 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. King Ahab's epic estate expansion hits a sour note when he uses some questionable methods to nab a sweet vineyard, leading to a prophecy smackdown from Elijah, and turning what could have been a cheerful gardening project into a very, very bad day. In Acts, from a courtroom drama in Corinth to an Ephesi…
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Day 175 | Jeroboam disobeys God and loses his son | The Apostles meet Lydia who is baptized with her family
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Day 176of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. Jeroboam, the newly crowned king of the North, installs golden calves in his kingdom like an overzealous theme park manager, while prophets with uncanny prediction skills bring dire messages and a whole new level of drama. In Acts, Paul and Silas go on an epic recruitment drive, picking up young Timothy …
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Day 178 | Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal | Elisha joins the priesthood | Paul preaches in Corinth
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Day 178 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. Elijah out-duels 450 prophets of Baal in a supernatural showdown, brings rain to end a three-year drought, and then, finding himself on the wrong side of Queen Jezebel's hit list, hightails it to the wilderness for a heart-to-heart with God complete with wind, earthquakes, and fire. In Acts, Paul, a ten…
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Synopsis: Part 2 of a two-part Spotlight series on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Galerius: refugee, herdsman, soldier, Caesar, Augustus, Tetrarch, conqueror, schemer, would-be ruler of the (Dacian?) Empire, and persecutor of the Christians. A rollicking Third Century romp inspired by my current residence in his former tetrarchal capital of…
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Day 177 | God uses Elijah to heal a young boy | Paul and Silas preach in Berea and Thessalonica
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Day 177 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. Imagine the audacious prophet Elijah making it rain - or rather, stopping the rain - all while dodging the wicked Queen Jezebel's hit list, only to end up crashing at a poor widow's pad, and it's all in the days' work. In Acts, as Paul turns into a first-century philosophical rockstar, he takes his epic…
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Stories from Lebanon, Ukraine, Mexico, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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Mexico is Sepia: The (Too) Democratic State Next Door
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Mexico, contra David Frum and others, is not a failing state because Claudia Sheinbaum and the MORENA-led coalition that backed her won big in Mexico’s latest elections. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe…
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Day 176 | Israel and Judah are in a civil war | Kings rise and fall | Paul and Silas sing in prison
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Day 176 of the Holy Bible One Year Challenge. It's a merry-go-round of kings in Jerusalem and Israel, with Rehoboam to Abijam, and Jeroboam to Baasha, as they grapple with golden calves, wars, and divine smiting, almost like a divine game of chess. In Acts, when Paul and Silas give an annoying spirit the boot, land themselves in jail for their trou…
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Isaiah 17, Part 1 (1-14 ) Echoes of Damascus: Isaiah Prophetic Warning
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Isaiah 17, Part 1 (1-14 ) Echoes of Damascus: Isaiah Prophetic Warning 📚 Explore a wealth of resources on Scripture, theology and insightful information on Jewish tradition Here. 📩Thoughts, questions, comments? Feel free to reach us at yourphariseefriend@gmail.com. A Project of: Judaismresources.net Support us (🔒 Secure Link Here) to create more va…
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Stories from Lebanon, South Africa, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison
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