The Birth of Babylon (TRIH ep 181)
1,810 BCE · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook revisit Babylon’s earlier history, answering listener questions about its founding, people and rulers. They locate Babylon on the Euphrates, discuss its relative lateness compared with earlier Mesopotamian cities, and trace its mythical and antiquarian self-image centred on the temple Esegila and the god Marduk. The episode outlines successive phases: memory of Sargon of Akkad and imperial models; the Amorite foundation under Sammu/Summu Abum; Hammurabi...
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1810 BCE
- Maya civilisation (2000 BCE)
- Shang dynasty (1600 BCE)
- Code of Hammurabi (1754 BCE)
- Abraham (1813 BCE)
- Mycenaean civilisation rises (1600 BCE)
- Minoan civilisation flourishes on Crete (2000 BCE)
- Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2055 BCE)
- Indus Valley Civilisation ends (1900 BCE)
- Eruption of Thera (1600 BCE)
- Hammurabi (1810 BCE)