Babylonian Genesis, Origins and Myths (Assyriology Archives, #4)
By AJ Carmichael
Length8h 36m
About this audiobook
From the cradle of civilization came the first written word, the first law, the first empire, and the first stories ever told. This book journeys deep into the world of ancient Mesopotamia-where the Tigris and Euphrates shaped kingdoms of clay and ambition, where ziggurats rose like mountains to touch the divine, and where scribes pressed humanity's earliest memories into wet tablets that would outlast empires. Blending myth and archaeology, it explores the origins of creation myths, the flood story before Noah, the gods who governed the skies and soil, and the people who served, questioned, and sometimes defied them. Here, kings were shepherds chosen by gods, temples were living machines of economy and ritual, and every star in the night sky was believed to speak a prophecy.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length8 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 6, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1 – Rediscovering the Babylonian Genesis
3Chapter 2 – The Civilizations of the Tablets: Babylon and Assyria
4Chapter 3 – The Voices of Antiquity: Berossus and the Greek Transmission
5Chapter 4 – The Pantheon of the Two Rivers
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6Chapter 5 – The Babylonian Creation Epic
7Chapter 6 – Alternate Creations and the Cosmic Variations
8Chapter 7 – The Sin of Zu and the Revolt of the Gods
9Chapter 8 – The Flood and the Hero of the Ark
10Chapter 9 – The Tower, the Tongues, and the Gods of Ambition
11Chapter 10 – The Legacy of the Chaldean Genesis
12About the Author
13About the Publisher
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