A historical story set in ancient Mesopotamia. Follow the quiet lives of ordinary people in the greatest city of the ancient world, its markets, its gardens, its rituals, its rhythms.

Babylon in 575 BCE. The greatest city on earth, following the ordinary people who lived in the shadow of its monuments. Spend a year inside the walls with a canal inspector who keeps the city alive, a healer-priestess who tends to births and fevers, a young debt-servant who dreams of learning to read the stars, and a tavern keeper whose beer brings the whole neighborhood together. Over one hour of character-driven historical storytelling.

Topics explored in this story: ancient Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, Mesopotamia, Euphrates River, Babylonian astronomy, cuneiform, Ishtar Gate, ziggurat, Akitu festival, Marduk, daily life in ancient Babylon.

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