In this episode, Karen Radner introduces Ancient Assyria, a kingdom which grew to be geographically vast, socially diverse, and multicultural.
Learn more about Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ancient-assyria-a-very-short-introduction-9780198715900
Karen Radner holds the Alexander von Humboldt Chair of the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich. Her research focuses on the Assyrian Empire. Her numerous books include the five-volume Oxford History of the Ancient Near East (Oxford University Press, 2020-2023) as well as editions of cuneiform text archives from Iraq, Syria and Turkey. She currently directs archaeological excavations at Assur, an UNESCO world heritage site in northern Iraq.
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