The Enigma of Ancient Elam - Part I: The Proto-Elamite and Old Elamite Periods (3500-1500 BC)
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 city-states 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 Proto-Elamite Culture
10:15 The Mysterious Proto-Elamite 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 Puzur-Inshushinak
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
Related Videos:
The Enigma of Ancient Elam - Part II: The Middle Elamite and Neo-Elamite Periods (1500-550 BC)
The Complete and Concise History of the Sumerians and Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia (7000-2000 BC)
Babylon: The City at the Center of the World - The Concise History of Babylonia (2000-539 BC)
Sources and Suggested Reading:
The Archaeology of Elam, 2nd Edition - D.T. Potts
The Elamite World - Ed. by Javier Álvarez-Mon, Gian Pietro Basello and Yasmina Wicks
The Art of Elam - Javier Álvarez-Mon
The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire - Roger Matthews and Hassan Fazeli Nashli
Elam and Persia - Ed. by Javier Álvarez-Mon and Mark B. Garrison
A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75 - Paul-Alain 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
Machinimas created using Total War: Rome 2 Age of Bronze mod
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