Was Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization?

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🗓️ 2 March 2010

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this episode of Stuff You Should Know, Josh and Chuck discuss the reasons why Mesopotamia is often considered the first civilization.

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0:31.3	Welcome to Stuck You Should Know from House stuffworks.com.
0:41.2	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.7	I'm Josh Clark with me as always as Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:47.9	Me.
0:49.1	Chuck and I are going to get to the bottom today of whether or not Mesopotamia was the cradle
0:55.2	of civilization.
0:56.2	I like that straight ahead.
0:57.9	Yeah.
0:58.9	We're going to find out if that's the case.
1:00.5	I think it is.
1:01.5	Do you?
1:02.5	Yes, sure.
1:03.5	There's a lot of evidence.
1:04.5	You wrote a compelling argument for it, I believe, my friend.
1:07.2	Can I set the scene?
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