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For some reason I can't stop reading about Mesopotamia =/
Did you know that in 1770 B.C. Zimri-Lim, king of Madi, was so exasperated by his daughter being such a bitch to his political ally, the king of Ilansura, that he eventually traveled all the way from Madi to Ilansura to "liberate the palace of Ilansura from her presence" (his own words)?
I just wrapped up a deep dive into Mesopotamia myself and man it was fucking fascinating. Hadn't heard this one before, so thanks
Another fun one from Mari was how Shamshi-adad berated his son via correspondence by saying he was too busy womanizing and partying to be a good leader and should be more like his older brother ๐.
There are so many cool stories. I have moved on for now to study some Greek and Egyptian history because I want to have a nice background for when I get to Roman history but one day I wanna grab a book specifically on Assyrian history.
Anyway I am around if you ever want to talk Mesopotamian history haha
No love for Carthage? :(
The newly inspired Roman fan in me wants to say 'no you filthy Carthaginian scum!' but the guy who just read about Dido in a Greek mythology book says he needs to learn more about it because it seems really interesting
A Phoenician (the "punic" wars come from a mistranslation from greek to latin, phoenike) colony that became independent due to distance from the capital and just wanted to get rich from trading stuff around. They had an incredible naval industry. All the "losers" and "enemies" of these eras have amazing stories that we're not taught at school. The many Persian dynasties of those times did incredible public works and had their own advanced bureaucracies and statecraft, which is what later muslim conquerors used as a basis for their own caliphates.
Somewhat related, this video, "Lost Worlds: Secrets of Alexander the Great" is a tracing, initially, of the likely path that created the legend of Jason and the Argonauts, as the myth possibly comes from when sea levels were much higher, to the point that the Black and Caspian seas were connected and you could sail all the way to what today is the middle of Turkmenistan. Later on, it mentions how Alexander didn't "found" new cities in the region of Bactria, but rather subjugated the cities he happened to walk into