History with Cy | The Early Amorites of Mesopotamia (2600-1800 BC) | Supplemental Podcast #8 @HistorywithCy | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
Some of you wanted to know a bit more about the Amorites and they're arrival into Mesopotamia, so I thought I'd do a quick podcast on it. This program will take a look at early references to Amorites in Sumerian, Elbaite and Akkadian documents.

Contents:

00:00 Introduction
01:30 Who were the Amorites?
05:20 Earliest mention of Amorites in Sumerian texts
06:26 Amorites in texts from Ebla and other cities
12:25 Amorites and the fall of Ur
16:52 Letter of Ushashum the Amorite to Bilalama of Eshnunna
20:16 Thank you and patrons

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The Complete and Concise History of the Sumerians and Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia (7000-2000 BC)
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