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Babylon Had It Coming
Babylon had survived five destructions before Sennacherib tried to erase it for good. Why did Assyria's most bookish king — a man who loved Babylonian scholarship — finally flood the city and smash its temples in 689 BCE...
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Babylon Had It Coming is an episode from Oldest Stories by James Bleckley. Babylon had survived five destructions before Sennacherib tried to erase it for good. Why did Assyria's most bookish king — a man who loved Babylonian scholarship —...
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Published Apr 22, 2026, 01:03:22 long, audio available.
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