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23. Heather Baker: Babylonian houses and housing
Manage episode 421024254 series 2793320
Many of us have spent a lot of time at home this year. What would that have been like in ancient Babylon? Heather talks about housing in the first millennium BC. What were houses like, who lived in them, and how did they use them? She discusses what houses meant to Babylonians, and how they were split and reconstituted by the family.
2:34 where was housing in the city?
4:13 where did people want to live?
6:42 did houses have kerb appeal?
8:54 a typical house
12:17 how rooms were used
15:13 who lived in a typical house?
18:09 keeping a family home
22:04 what about water?
26:01 how did you find where someone lived?
https://www.nmc.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/heather-d-baker
https://hcommons.org/members/apkallatu/
https://utoronto.academia.edu/HeatherDBaker
Music by Ruba Hillawi
Website: http://wedgepod.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSM7ZlAAgOXv4fbTDRyrWgw
Email: wedgepod@gmail.com
Twitter: @wedge_pod
Patreon: http://Patreon.com/WedgePod
Chapters
1. 23. Heather Baker: Babylonian houses and housing (00:00:00)
2. where was housing in the city? (00:02:34)
3. where did people want to live? (00:04:13)
4. did houses have kerb appeal? (00:06:42)
5. a typical house (00:08:54)
6. how rooms were used (00:12:17)
7. who lived in a typical house? (00:15:13)
8. keeping a family home (00:18:19)
9. what about water? (00:22:04)
10. how did you find where someone lived? (00:26:01)
70 episodes
Manage episode 421024254 series 2793320
Many of us have spent a lot of time at home this year. What would that have been like in ancient Babylon? Heather talks about housing in the first millennium BC. What were houses like, who lived in them, and how did they use them? She discusses what houses meant to Babylonians, and how they were split and reconstituted by the family.
2:34 where was housing in the city?
4:13 where did people want to live?
6:42 did houses have kerb appeal?
8:54 a typical house
12:17 how rooms were used
15:13 who lived in a typical house?
18:09 keeping a family home
22:04 what about water?
26:01 how did you find where someone lived?
https://www.nmc.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/heather-d-baker
https://hcommons.org/members/apkallatu/
https://utoronto.academia.edu/HeatherDBaker
Music by Ruba Hillawi
Website: http://wedgepod.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSM7ZlAAgOXv4fbTDRyrWgw
Email: wedgepod@gmail.com
Twitter: @wedge_pod
Patreon: http://Patreon.com/WedgePod
Chapters
1. 23. Heather Baker: Babylonian houses and housing (00:00:00)
2. where was housing in the city? (00:02:34)
3. where did people want to live? (00:04:13)
4. did houses have kerb appeal? (00:06:42)
5. a typical house (00:08:54)
6. how rooms were used (00:12:17)
7. who lived in a typical house? (00:15:13)
8. keeping a family home (00:18:19)
9. what about water? (00:22:04)
10. how did you find where someone lived? (00:26:01)
70 episodes
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