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7 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: babylonias

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Babylonia

Jiang groups Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians under Mesopotamia because later Assyrian and Babylonian worlds saw themselves as heirs to Sumerian civilization and shared a common mythology.

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Ancient Mesopotamian historical framing stated on 2024-11-28.

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Jiang groups Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians under Mesopotamia because later Assyrian and Babylonian worlds saw themselves as heirs to Sumerian civilization and shared a common mythology.

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Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · Civilization #19: Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia's Quest for Immortality

Transcript

"For most of its history, it's very different. For most of its history, Egypt was unified as an empire. It was very stable. But..."

Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · Civilization #19: Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia's Quest for Immortality

Transcript

"And the Akkadians, under Sargon of Akkad, or Sargon the Great, united these city -states and gave us the idea of Sumerian civilization. After..."

The Bible as an Imperial Script

2025-11-18, day precision · Secret History #19: Dawn of the Jews

Transcript

"...and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia and with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests given..."

Cyrus Makes Mercy Into Empire

2024-12-12, day precision · Civilization #23: Cyrus the Great as Messiah

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"...Babylonians was to capture the elite and hold them hostage in Babylonia and then send in a foreign delegation to control the territory."

Cyrus Makes Mercy Into Empire

2024-12-12, day precision · Civilization #23: Cyrus the Great as Messiah

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"...elite, about a few thousand people, and they move them to Babylonia. Okay? But who's left behind are the majority of Israelites. Okay? But..."

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Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · claims

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Mesopotamia turns geography into mythology: where Egypt imagines divine generosity and pyramidal immortality, the land between two uncooperative rivers learns struggle, creative destruction, and the more fragile immortality of being remembered by the people...

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