Civilisations- Mesopotamia [3/6]

Mesopotamia, or 'the country between two rivers', is the oldest civilisation to have flourished at the confluence of two rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates. The Mesopotamians included various peoples, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Akkadians, who coexisted and succeeded one another, mixing and inter-relating in a Near East with a wide range of racial facets. These different peoples, who once lived along the banks of the two rivers, have left behind an archaeological heritage of inestimable value.How did they flourish in such a hostile environment? Where did their wealth come from? And how did this perfectly structured civilisation finally fade and disappear for ever?

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[RobDeManc]

Wow! Those Mesopotamians really had some skills!

[BabylonianSage]

Great!!! Thank you for posting this video!

[donnomar]

The actors they took look too white for people who lived in the hot desert...

[sailsbury2011]

This has really helped my homework! Thanks.

[goran21715]

The fall of Nineveh shocked the ancient world. The Jewish prophet Nahum described the Median armies advancing to the city that had once ruled the Near East.

An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. [...]

The shields of his soldiers are red;

the warriors are clad in scarlet.

The metal on the chariots flashes

on the day they are made ready;

the spears of pine are brandished.

The chariots storm through the streets,

rushing back and forth through the squares.

[marshtart01]

@markswansoncmt

We can never fully know what happened during the mesopotamian age. A lot of the civilizations in the past could have been far more advanced. I think that Egypt is an example of that. Sure they didn't have technology, but back at that time they were able to accomplish so much.

[marshtart01]

@mongoose100989

In about 3000 BC the people of Mesopotamia which includes Sumerians were using written language. The used cuneiform characters (wedge shaped) in clay. They used these as a pictograph writing. I'm confused as o how you're thinking that he Sumerians and Mesopotamia were around 4000 BC.

[Zachylolz]

Cities back then were far more beautifull than modern cities we see today.

[Boghman22]

@mike3000gt7 Iraq isn't the Cradle of Civilization, but rather a country existing within it.

[mike3000gt7]

@iraq49 Long live iraq the cradle of cilivilziation!

[iraq49]

Iraq is a great country