48. Amanda Podany: A New History of the Ancient Near East

Thin End of the Wedge

How can 3000 years of history, documented by a mountain of sources, be surveyed clearly in a single book? Amanda tells us all about her new history of the ancient Middle East. Why did she use micro-histories? Who among the people in her book made the biggest impacts on her?
3:36 why micro-histories?
7:46 finding the non-elites
11:38 who did Amanda empathise with?
13:22 who did she feels sorry for?
16:56 who made her laugh?
19:40 whose story to tell?
21:43 history from limited data
26:11 writing a synthesis
30:26 why this book?
32:52 the author's hopes
Amanda's Academia page

Amanda's university page

Amanda's new book

Music by Ruba Hillawi
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1. 48. Amanda Podany: A New History of the Ancient Near East (00:00:00)

2. why micro-histories? (00:03:36)

3. finding the non-elites (00:07:46)

4. who did Amanda empathise with? (00:11:38)

5. who did she feels sorry for? (00:13:22)

6. who made her laugh? (00:16:56)

7. whose story to tell? (00:19:40)

8. history from limited data (00:21:43)

9. writing a synthesis (00:26:11)

10. why this book? (00:30:26)

11. the author's hopes (00:32:52)