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Royalty and Palace Intrigue at Mari S01E13

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Here you'll gain an intimate glimpse into the lives of royal families in the mid-second millennium BCE, from diplomatic marriages to extravagant gifts to family squabbles. Archival letters show us how royal women served as informants for their fathers, while sometimes dealing with abusive husbands.

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Uncovering Near Eastern Civilization
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Natufian Villagers and Early Settlements
3
Neolithic Farming, Trading, and Pottery
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Eridu and Other Towns in the Ubaid Period
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Uruk, the World's Biggest City
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Mesopotamia's First Kings and the Military
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Early Dynastic Workers and Worshipers
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Lugalzagesi of Umma and Sargon of Akkad
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Akkadian Empire Arts and Gods
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The Fall of Akkad and Gudea of Lagash
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Ur III Households, Accounts, and Ziggurats
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Migrants and Old Assyrian Merchants
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Royalty and Palace Intrigue at Mari
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War and Society in Hammurabi's Time
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Justice in the Old Babylonian Period
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The Hana Kingdom and Clues to a Dark Age
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Princess Tadu-Hepa, Diplomacy, and Marriage
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Land Grants and Royal Favor in Mittani
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The Late Bronze Age and the End of Peace
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Assyria Ascending
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Ashurbanipal's Library and Gilgamesh
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Neo-Assyrian Empire, Warfare, and Collapse
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Babylon and the New Year's Festival
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End of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
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