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Uploaded on Feb 9, 2012

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.

Resources:

The British Museum's Mesopotamia site: http://dft.ba/-mesopotamia

The Epic of Gilgamesh: http://dft.ba/-gilgatext or get a hard copy at http://dft.ba/-gilgamesh2

Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians by Enrico Ascalone: http://dft.ba/-meso

The Mesopotamians by TMBG: http://dft.ba/-tmbmesopotamians

Credits:
Written by Raoul Meyer and John Green
Produced by Stan Muller
Animations by Smart Bubble Society: http://thoughtbubble.org/
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:
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Hardnfast
Marie Lan-Nguyen


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  • HolmesGiraffe96

    HolmesGiraffe96 1 week ago

    ap test Thursday. I'm now just starting to really study, ik its bad. but these videos have been helping me a lot!

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    Danny Kennell 5 days ago

    AP exam tomorrow. John Green marathon

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    Sofía Carrillo Vázquez 9 hours ago

    I love being subscribed to crashcourse. Thank you so much for all of these videos! You are educating people; therefore, helping the world :)

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    odin92681 23 hours ago

    I learn for fun as well. It is rare, I must admit.

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    They created the dragon language~

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    berny88925 1 day ago

    Am I the only one who isn't here because of a fucking AP test? It's like I'm the only one who actually likes to learn for pleasure.

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    busessuck1 1 day ago

    his blue steel was alpha as fuck... he reminds of daniel tosh except much cooler

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    James Lewis 1 day ago

    No test. Just a John Green marathon.

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    flowerpowerdust 2 days ago

    after the ap exam i look at crash course videos and i wanna hurl.

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    Blackdeath Doc 2 days ago

    you should kill my father hahahaha

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  • Jacob Van Buren

    Jacob Van Buren 2 days ago

    Actually I've done very little on Hitler but so much about Tudors and castles

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