Mesopotamian Civilizations and Empires: An Enthralling Journey Through Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria

Four manuscripts in one audiobook:

• The Sumerian Civilization: An Enthralling Overview of Sumer and the Ancient Sumerians
• The Akkadian Empire: An Enthralling Overview of the Rise and Fall of the Akkadians
• The Babylonian Empire: An Enthralling Overview of Babylon and the Babylonians
• The Assyrian Empire: An Enthralling Overview of the History of Assyria, the Assyrians, and Their Role in Ancient Mesopotamia

In part 1, you will:

• Learn about the world’s first city and how people lived there.
• Find out how Sumerians told the story of a great flood, just like Noah's ark.
• Discover how fast the world’s first postal system was.
• See why Babylon’s god Marduk kept getting stolen!

In part 2, you will:

• Discover who lived in Mesopotamia at the dawn of time.
• Hear the story of how a simple gardener became a great king.
• Learn about the drought that ended Mesopotamia’s “Golden Age.”
• See how the Akkadian army became unbeatable.

In part 3, you will:

• Learn who lived in Babylonia before the Babylonians arrived.
• See how Hammurabi’s law shaped our legal system today.
• Discover how Babylon became a sacred city and a place for pilgrims.
• Explore if the Etemenanki ziggurat was really the Tower of Babel.

In part 4, you will:

• Discover why the Assyrians built their famous ziggurats.
• Learn about their unique system of writing using wedge-shaped marks.
• See how Assyrians had laws to protect buyers of goods like metal and animals.

Take a trip back in time and explore the mighty empires of ancient Mesopotamia!