Located in what’s today southwestern and southern Iran, the ancient country that most of us today know as Elam emerged as a dynamic and influential civilization that has left an indelible mark on the tapestry of human history. From its earliest origins as a collection of citystates and principalities in the 4th millennium BC to its peak as a formidable empire, Elam's complex history is one of resilience, innovation, power politics and ultimately in many areas, tragedy.

In Part I, we’ll delve into the annals of Elam's early past and discover the origins of Elamite civilization, art, politics, and its growth as an important military power and commercial conduit that connected east and west.

Contents:

00:00 Introduction
01:50 Where was Elam and who are the Elamites?
07:38 ProtoElamite Culture
10:15 The Mysterious ProtoElamite Script
12:23 Trade and War with Ancient Sumer
15:40 Elam Under the Akkadian and Awan Dynasties
23:50 The Oldest Elamite Document and Treaty?
26:51 PuzurInshushinak
29:03 The Linear Elamite Script
32:35 Elam Under the Third Dynasty of Ur
35:55 The Shimashki Dynasty
42:54 From the Shimashkis to the Sukkalmahs
57:11 Thank You and Channel Patrons

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Sources and Suggested Reading:

The Archaeology of Elam, 2nd Edition D.T. Potts
The Elamite World Ed. by Javier ÁlvarezMon, Gian Pietro Basello and Yasmina Wicks
The Art of Elam Javier ÁlvarezMon
The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire Roger Matthews and Hassan Fazeli Nashli
Elam and Persia Ed. by Javier ÁlvarezMon and Mark B. Garrison
A History of Babylon, 2200 BC AD 75 PaulAlain Beaulieu
King Hammurabi of Babylon Marc Van De Mieroop
Hammurabi of Babylon Dominique Charpin
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Vol. III Ed. by Jack Sasson

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