All roads may lead to Rome, but all historical roads lead to somewhere in Sumeria if you look hard enough. Welcome to Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization. From the first empire, to the first collapse, there is a surprising amount of meat on the bones of this historical tale for an era which we know so little about. So let’s reconstruct the dizzying amount of timelines into one relatively cohesive narrative and discover… The History of Mesopotamia.
Main Sources:
www.worldhistory.org/Sumerians/
www.jstor.org/stable/491500?s...
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/uba...
www.worldhistory.org/uruk/
www.jstor.org/stable/3210314?...
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/akk...
www.worldhistory.org/akkad/
www.academia.edu/29704423
www.worldhistory.org/Gutians/
www.worldhistory.org/ur/
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Beginnings (0:00)
Ubaid Period (1:16)
Uruk Period (1:55)
Jemdet Nasr Period (2:37)
Early Dynastic Period (4:30)
Akkadian Period (6:55)
Gutian Period (11:25)
Ur III Period (12:18)
3 июл 2024
