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Synopsis: Even as Anatolia, Syria and Egypt confronted the Bronze Age Collapse, the eastern kingdoms of Assyria, Babylonia and Elam continued their ancient cycle of dynastic conflict.\n\n\n\n\u201cWhy I \u2013 who am a king, son of a king, seed of a king, scion of a king, who am king for the lands, for the land of Babylonia and the land of Elam, descendant of the eldest daughter of the mighty King Kurigalzu \u2013 why do I not sit on the throne of the land of Babylonia?\xa0 I sent you a sincere proposal; you, however, have granted me no reply.\xa0 You may climb up to heaven, but I\u2019ll pull you down by your hem; you may go down to hell, but I\u2019ll pull you up by your hair!\xa0 I shall destroy your cities, demolish your fortresses, stop up your irrigation ditches, cut down your orchards, pull out the rings of the sluices at the mouths of your irrigation canals.\u201d\xa0 \u2013 Letter to the Kassite court by the Elamite king Kutir-Nahhunte.\n\n\n\nMap of the Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean:\n\n\n\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/LBA_Hittite_Map.jpg\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices