The Life and Times of Ea-nasir, Bronze Age Babylonia's Most Notorious Businessman (c. 1750 BC)
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Published 2023-09-28
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
03:00 The Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir
06:28 Ea-nasir's World
08:24 What Happened to Ea-nasir?
09:19 Thank You and Patrons
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All Comments (21)
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Sorry one typo... at 07:25 the caption should read "Samsu-iluna" and not "Samsu-luna." Thanks!
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Ea-Nasir has now become as famous as Gilgamesh through his ability to sell terrible copper. Amazing.
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Ea-Nasir. The man, the myth, the legend.
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I once saw a writing prompt that read: "when you die, you get to see the number of people who know about you, and talk about you. Only a few decades after your death, the number says zero. You figure it will stay there forever, but a few millenia later, the number skyrockets into the millions." The best response to the prompt just said "and they all know I sold really shitty copper."
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Some men may always be thinking about Rome, but any of us who have been on the raw end of a deal think of Ea-Nasir.
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I like how Ea-Nasir just collected complaint tablets in his home. Dude loved getting one over on poor schmucks. What a scoundrel.
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Now I know who truly inspired the business practices of EA (Electronic Arts)
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Ah yes, our favorite sleazy bronze age salesman, Ea-Nasir.
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Legend has it, Ea-nasir would eventually found what is now known as the first customer support center
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Reminding me of one of my favourite two-sentence horror stories... "The damage to the time machine wasn't so bad - it looked like I'd be able to get back home after all. I just needed to find somebody in ancient Sumer who could sell me some high quality copper wire."
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The whole channel's history has been leading to this video.
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Imagine being so AWFUL, that your name endures far longer than the the names of countless BETTER people around you. The literall equivalent of a modern day used car salesman achieving immortality. 😂
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«The smartest man in every room, is Ea-Nasir.» - Nasir fanboi c. 1750
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Ea-Nasir sure kept rules 1 and 239 of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition: 1) Once you have their money, never give it back; and 2) never be afraid to mislabel a product.
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This is a certified "Ud reeeaaaa!" moment.
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I always love learning about these more mundane, petty disputes in history. There's something so endearing about a situation you can relate too in ancient times
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I love that we have pretty much accepted that the derpiest Bronze Age figurine is Ea Nasir. No argument, you see it, you know it. That's the look of a merchant who is rude to messengers and servants.
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First CEO of EA Games
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I've been bamboozled by Ea-nasir!
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Absolutely amazing in that never in Ea-Nasir and Nanni's wildest dreams could they ever have imagined we would be learning about them over 3500 years later not on cuneiform tablets but on our cell phones via YouTube in places in the world they never knew existed!
