This week, Amber tells Anna the story of Nabonidus, King of Babylon, who, mid-kinging, tootled off to the Arabian desert for a decade to worship the moon god, Sin. But is that the whole story? Of course not. Tune in to learn what Nabonidus was maybe really doing out there.
Links
Cuneiform inscription from last king of Babylon discovered in Saudi Arabia (LiveScience)
Video: The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire - Marian H Feldman (TED-Ed via YouTube)
A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC (via WorldCat)
The Reign of Nabonidus King of Babylon 556-539 BC (Yale Babylonian Collection)
New Discoveries at Sela, the Mountain Stronghold of Edom (Ancient Near East Today)
Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam (via WorldCat)
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