The Enigma of Ancient Elam - Part II: The Middle Elamite and Neo-Elamite Periods (1500-550 BC)

In Part I of the Enigma of Ancient Elam, we learned about how the Elamites burst onto the ancient Near Eastern scene to become one of the greatest powers of western Asia during the early Bronze Age. In Part II, we’ll witness a new golden Age of Elamite civilization – the so-called Middle Elamite Period – followed by the Neo-Elamite period and Elam's entanglements with Babylonia and Assyria. We'll also see what the fall of Elam in the 6th century BC and what happened to the country and its people afterward. If you ever wanted to learn about ancient Elam, you'll want to watch this video.

Contents:

00:00 Introduction
00:40 The Middle Elamite Period
02:12 The Kidinuid Dynasty
05:55 The Igihalkid Dynasty
08:58 King Untash-Napirisha and Chogha Zanbil
12:38 Conflicts with Kassite Babylonia
16:25 Shutruk Nahhunte and the Shutrukid Dynasty
25:30 The Neo-Elamite Period
31:30 Shutruk Nahhunte II and Sargon II
34:23 Elam vs. Sennacherib
41:50 Economic Isolation of Elam
43:14 The Wrath of Sennacherib
48:19 Elam and Esarhaddon
48:56 Elam Antagonizes Ashurbanipal
52:32 Te-Umman and the Battle of Til-Tuba (Battle of the Ulai River)
55:34 Ashurbanipal and the Annialation of Elam
01:04:09 Elam after Ashurbanipal
01:08:54 Thank You and Patrons

Related Videos:

The Enigma of Ancient Elam - Part I: The Proto-Elamite and Old Elamite Periods (3500-1500 BC)

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

Babylon: The City at the Center of the World - The Concise History of Babylonia (2000-539 BC)

Sources and Suggested Reading:

The Archaeology of Elam, 2nd Edition - D.T. Potts
The Elamite World - Ed. by Javier Álvarez-Mon, Gian Pietro Basello and Yasmina Wicks
The Art of Elam - Javier Álvarez-Mon
The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire - Roger Matthews and Hassan Fazeli Nashli
Elam and Persia - Ed. by Javier Álvarez-Mon and Mark B. Garrison
A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75 - Paul-Alain Beaulieu
King Hammurabi of Babylon - Marc Van De Mieroop
Hammurabi of Babylon - Dominique Charpin
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Vol. III - Ed. by Jack Sasson
The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC), Part 2 - Kirk Grayson and Jamie Novotny
Historical Prism Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal - Arthur Carl Piepkorn

Machinimas created using Total War: Rome 2 Age of Bronze mod

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