Dude, where's my DeLorean?

694 views · Published 17 December 2018 · 3:26 · Indexed 13 October 2026

Channel: Digital Hammurabi · 2018 · Entertainment

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Exactly how do historians reconstruct the ancient world? There are no time machines, and we can't just jump in a DeLorean and zoom off to the past. The beginning of a new series, we investigate this question with the help of Marc Van de Mieroop's book 'A History of the Ancient Near East', hopefully providing some interesting information for you!

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For general information and sources relating to the Ancient Near East, we recommend these websites:
ABZU - https://bit.ly/2Cr1A8u (collection of free and open-access data)
University of Chicago Oriental Institute - https://bit.ly/2RcIiMl (great collection of free books and articles)
Livius.org - https://bit.ly/2Gzj5rx  (general encyclopedia on the ancient world)
ETCSL - https://bit.ly/2QJsAZS  (Sumerian literature)
ORACC - https://bit.ly/2QJsL7u (collection of projects relating to Mesopotamia)
EPSD - https://bit.ly/2PY99aw  (Online Sumerian dictionary)
CDLI - https://cdli.ucla.edu  (Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative) 

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Music: Brak Bnei Original Composition

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