Episode C8 The Heirs of Hatti

Published: Jan. 2, 2022, 1:42 a.m.

b'Synopsis: The Great Kings of Carchemish continue ruling over a Hittite rump state in northern Syria as they support the region\\u2019s recovery.\\xa0 After an attack by the Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, the Carchemish dynasty is supplanted by the house of Suhi.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cIn that year, in the month Kislev,\\u2026from the River Khabur of the land Kharku to the city of Carchemish of the land Hatti he plundered. \\xa0He crossed the Euphrates after them in rafts made of inflated goatskins.\\u201d\\xa0 \\u2013 The Broken Obelisk (of Ashur-bel-kala)\\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'