Medieval Intrigue
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The Pitfalls of Dictionary Definitions
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I’m not much of a fan of students using dictionary definitions to start a paper or to “prove a point.” Although I like it when a student use...
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Naram-Sin and the Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Victory stele of Naram-Sin, from Susa, Iran, 2254-2218 BCE. Pink sandstone, 6′ 7″ high. Musée du Louvre, Paris. (Image from Ancient to Me...
Friday, October 2, 2020
Enheduanna and Gods
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Image of Enheduanna on a clay tablet. (Image from a Wikipedia page on Enheduanna ). It is often difficult for historians of pre-modern eras ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The Sumerian King List
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The Sumerian King List includes the names of kings for various Sumerian city-states and the dates of these kings' reigns. (Image from th...
The Legend of Sargon of Akkad
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A bust of an unknown king, though often believed to be of Sargon the Great of the Akkadian Empire. (Image from Sargon of Akkad on Wikipedia ...
Enûma Eliš, "When on high"
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One of the tablets containing the creation poem Enûma Eliš, "When on high." (Image from Wikicommons ). Whenever I taught “Ancient ...
Sunday, August 23, 2020
The Concept of Civilization
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One of my interests has concerned how people think about “civilization.” In a discussion with a student, Margaret Mead once stipulated a def...
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