Episode 8 – Look Upon My Works - a podcast by Scott C.

“…And on the pedestal these words appear:

‘My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings,

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’

Nothing beside remains.  Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”  – Shelley, Ozymandius



The Kassites restored and preserved the ancient culture of Babylon while defending its frontiers against the growing Assyrian threat.  The conflict between Egypt and Hatti over control of Caanan culminated in the Battle of Kadesh.

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