Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3

2012-02-09

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In which John presents Mesopotamia and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include the birth of territorial kingdoms, empires, Neo-Assyrian torture tactics, sacred marriages, ancient labor practices, the world's first law code, and the great failed romance of John's undergrad years.

Chapters:

Introduction: Ancient Mesopotamia 00:00

The City of Uruk 2:20

The Importance of Writing 4:03

Hammurabi 6:26

The Assyrians 8:08

An Open Letter to the Word 'Awesome' 9:55

What Happened to the Assyrians? 10:40

Credits 11:23

Resources:

The British Museum's Mesopotamia site: http://goo.gl/Fn4dN5

The Epic of Gilgamesh: http://goo.gl/9i7svQ or get a hard copy at https://goo.gl/iKsCDD

Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians by Enrico Ascalone: http://goo.gl/iL487J

The Mesopotamians by TMBG: https://goo.gl/1D4lXo

Credits:

Written by Raoul Meyer and John Green

Produced by Stan Muller

Animations by Smart Bubble Society: https://www.thoughtcafe.ca/

Thought Bubble team:

Suzanna Brusikiewicz

Jonathon Corbiere

Allan Levy

Jin Kyung Myung

James Tuer

Adam Winnik

Original Music: Jason Weidner

Script Supervisor & Doll Costumer: Danica Johnson

Set Design: Donna Sink

Props: Brian McCutcheon

Photos courtesy of:

Mbzt

Hardnfast

Marie Lan-Nguyen

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