Assyria
About Assyria
Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.
On the show — 6 mentions total
Assyrian comes from Ashur, one of the tribes — it's staring us right in the face.
from 244: No Such Thing As A Fishman, 2018-11-23 at 00:56:42 · read transcript
Other times Assyria came up
There's this great article in the Paris Review, which is a review of a book called Now I Sit Me Down by a guy called Wittold Ribzinski. I really want to read it. In that he mentions this couch, which appears in an alabaster carving from the 7th century called The Garden Party. It's from Assyria. It shows a king reclining on a sofa and it's five feet high. He's got his queen slightly below him on an also quite high chair that has a footstool to me. it.
No Such Thing As A Low Sofa, 2018-10-12 · listen
I think if you kick someone in the balls these days, you'd get in trouble. but if you were a woman and you crushed a man's testicles back in ancient Assyria, you would have either your finger cut off, so assuming that the finger was what was doing the crushing of the man's testicles.
No Such Thing As Notting Mountain, 2016-06-02 · listen
No, but the punishment was more severe. I think if you kick someone in the balls these days, you get in trouble. If you were a woman and you crushed a man's testicles back in ancient Assyria, you would have either your finger cut off, so assuming that the finger was what was doing the crushing of the man's testicles. Then this was another thing that would happen.
116: No Such Thing As Notting Mountain, 2016-06-02 · listen
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- Northampton · United Kingdom
- University of British Columbia · Canada
- British Columbia · Canada
Coordinates: 36.0000, 43.3000