???? Advertising: LitRes: Subscription with a 50% discount for 199 rubles with the promo code TAMARA - https://www.litres.ru/tamara The new issue of "History Lessons with Tamara Eidelman" is dedicated to the biblical legend of the Tower of Babel - its meaning, its versions found among a wide variety of peoples in different parts of the world, its impact on culture. How is this story connected with the great ancient city of Babylon, which played a huge role in the life of the entire ancient world? Does it reflect the emergence of various human languages ​​​​- a mysterious process, the mechanism of which has still not been truly unraveled? And why does the story of the failed ascent to heaven excite all of humanity? BOOKS K. Keram. Gods, Tombs, Scientists. E. Tseren. Biblical Hills. J. Frazer. Folklore in the Old Testament. *** Tickets for performances in Yerevan on September 6, 2022 — https://ticketon.am/en/events/meetwit... *** Tickets for performances in Istanbul on September 8, 2022 — https://biletino.com/en/e-hc9/detail/ *** Tickets for performances in Istanbul on September 9, 2022 — https://biletino.com/en/e-hca/detail/ *** Tickets for performances in Antalya on September 11, 2022 — https://u-concert.com/tamara-eidelman/ *** Schedule of upcoming performances and tickets — https://eidelman.ru/ Support the channel: FOR FOREIGN CARDS — Support the release of new history lessons on the Patreon platform — / eidelman FOR RUSSIAN CARDS — Support the release of new history lessons on the Boosty platform — https://boosty.to/eidelman/ Support the release of new history lessons by becoming a sponsor on YouTube — / @tamaraeidelmanhistory Using cryptocurrency: BTC: bc1qepf70kndy4ce6yxg6vxh9j98utx690w529fl9s ETH: 0×0Ebc2cCcD4Fd705CfFC5F25B271871df71c8332B USDT: 0×8d0B26D5f58e4a1B2Cc702C431CB7B444F9452F6 (ERC20 network) Follow us on social networks, where we regularly publish additional stories: Subscribe to Tamara Natanovna on Instagram — / tamaraeidelman Subscribe to our telegram channel — https://t.me/eidelman Subscribe to our Facebook page — / eidelmantn Subscribe to Tamara Natanovna’s channel in Yandex Zen — https://zen.yandex.ru/tamaraeidelman 00:00 – Introduction. Lecture topic. 00:26 – Advertisement. 02:31 – The Parable of the Tower of Babel. 04:01 – Why was the tower Babylonian? 08:05 – King Sargon. 09:38 – Babylon under Sargon. 12:55 – The historical image of Babylon. 18:38 – King Hammurabi. 17:00 – 1500s BC. The collapse of the Bronze Age. 18:04 – The Hittites attack Babylon. 19:05 – Gods of Mesopotamia. Enlil. 22:08 – God Marduk. 27:05 – Ziggurats. 29:37 – The Assyrians conquer Babylon. 32:09 – King Assarhaddon. 34:38 ​​– King Nebuchadnezzar. 39:07 – Greek accounts of Babylon. 42:41 – Babylon under Alexander the Great. 45:04 – Archaeologist Robert Koldewey excavates Babylon. 48:12 – Babylon in the Bible. 51:33 – Why did the Babylonians decide to build a tower? 54:24 – Architecture linking earth and sky in world folklore. 1:02:48 – The Pyramid of Cholula. 1:06:56 – Why did the languages ​​mix after the tower fell? 1:11:28 – Why did people care about the division of languages? 1:14:35 – Modern linguists are trying to reconstruct the proto-language. 1:17:15 – Social motivation for language development. 1:22:30 – List of theories of language origin according to Max Müller. 1:24:30 – Conclusion.