Ancient Near Eastern Mythology

This series of 24 lectures introduces the student to the great myths of the ancient Near East. Humankind’s first recorded myths and legends were the product of the area long known as the "cradle of civilization," the region bound by Egypt and the Mediterranean in the west, Iran in the east, Anatolia in the north, and the Arabian Peninsula in the south. With the development of city-states in the late fourth millennium B.C., a number of sophisticated cultures emerged.