Vol 2 Ep 1 - Early Dynastic Mesopotamia ( Sumerians )

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

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4.8 • 971 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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3000 - 2340 BCE - The first known civilisation of Mesopotamia. Separating fact from myth within the first cuneiform writings, and the Sumerian conquest and decline. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyoftheworldpodcast/message

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0:27.3	Welcome to the History of the World Podcast.
0:31.0	My name is Chris Hasler.
0:34.0	And you're listening to volume 2, The Ancient World.
0:39.0	This is episode 1. early dynastic Mesopotamia. Oh, In episode 22 of volume 1 we introduced Mesopotamia and the emergence of its civilization.
1:18.1	We mentioned the emergence of a settlement in Mesopotamia called Eridu, and we mentioned that this city
1:27.1	emerged in around 5,400 B.C. Erydo was built near the mouth of the Euphrates River, which over time is no
1:40.1	longer the mouth of the river thanks to silting pushing the shores of the Persian
1:46.0	Gulf back towards the Arabian Sea. Eridu prospered during the Ubayid period of Mesopotamia, which by 4,000 BC was replaced by the Uruk period, named after the settlement of Uruk.
2:07.0	Uruk was built on the ancient banks of the Yavrati River. We believe that Uruk is a terrific example of a small
2:17.5	settlement becoming a significant and stratified city state and was home to tens of thousands of Sumerians.
2:28.0	We can see important temples and walls were built at the settlement as the Uruk period of the fourth millennium
2:36.4	B.C. continued onwards.
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