If you were awarding a prize to "Biggest Arseholes of the Ancient World" you would definitely need to consider the Assyrian kings to be front runners.
13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron
13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron
So is your rabbit hole the entirety of the ancient world?
I am failing to commit to a specific rabbit hole!
Which is very me tbh.
(Also, it was the Assyrians who drove the Phoenicians out of the Levant, so my rabbit holes are at least adjacent)
Ah, that's the "Fall of Civilizations" series.
Their videos sure are long!
There's a book now:
Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decl...
Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decl...
I just noticed that!
I like his videos, but he's a bit of an empire Stan. Everything that's not an empire is a 'time of chaos' lol.
I bet a lot of people living under the Assyrians were pining for a bit of 'chaos'.
^this
There's more channels like that.
Kings and Generals
History with Cy
There's one that's about ancient cuisines but I can't remember what it's called.
Tasting History with Max Miller
That's it!
Anyone for stuffed dormice and garum?
Oh that looks interesting.
I just watched his vid on how to make Rameses III spiral bread. It looked very tasty! I like how he stirs a bit of history into the mix.
Liking this plurk so I can remember these youtube channels.