Name: Epsiode 3.1 - The Amorites and the rise of Babylon by The Conquerors Podcast
Duration: 14 min 33 s
Description: The background episode for our second great conqueror, Hammurabi, in which we discuss the aftermath of the fall of the Akkadian empire, the Amorites and their migrations to Mesopotamia and finally, the rise of the city of Babylon from an obscure town to the world stage

The background episode for our second great conqueror, Hammurabi, in which we discuss the aftermath of the fall of the Akkadian empire, the Amorites and their migrations to Mesopotamia and finally, the rise of the city of Babylon from an obscure town to the world stage

The Conquerors Podcast

Epsiode 3.1 - The Amorites and the rise of Babylon

In this episode we discuss the reign and conquests of Hammurabi the Lawgiver, the sixth ruler (and second king) of the Amorite first Babylonian dynasty who founded the Old Babylonian Empire and is best know to us today for his famous law code.

Episode 3.2 – Hammurabi the lawgiver

No general or ruler gets the nickname of Napoleon for nothing. Thutmose III, the 5th Pharaoh of the illustrious eighteenth dynasty took the throne at the age of 2. For 20 years he shared the throne with his aunt/step mother Hatshepsut. When he finally became sole Pharaoh, the warrior Pharaoh went on to lead Egypt through an unprecedented period of warfare and expansion, bringing an end to Egypt's isolationist, inward past, firmly putting it on the path of empire and turning it into probably the strongest and wealthiest state in the world

Episode 4.3 - Thutmose III - The Napoleon of Egypt

A podcast that will cover chronologically the greatest conquerors in history starting from  Sargon the great of Akkad more than 4,000 years ago, until Napoleon Bonaparte and beyond...

Epsiode 3.1 - The Amorites and the rise of Babylon

The Conquerors Podcast

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