Read by Fred | Brotherhood of Kings Book Review | Ancient History @ReadbyFred | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 17 hours ago.
My review of "Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East" written by Amanda H. Podany.

Author: Amanda H. Podany
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2010

0:00 Introduction
0:29 About the book
2:02 Historians connecting the dots
2:58 The parts of the book
3:25 Diplomacy is older than you think
4:08 The language of diplomacy - the legacy of Akkad
5:25 Trade, war and diplomacy
6:21 How extensive trade was in the ancient near east
7:14 Marriage and the "Brotherhood" of Kings
8:52 My thoughts
9:47 Bloopers



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