Ancient Mesopotamia Part 1: The Sumerians (4100 – 1750 BCE)

To start things off we must look at the earliest known human civilization of which we have significant knowledge. That would be the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia. What were these people like? Let's find out!

Script by Peter Wyetzner

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[asifuzzaman]

Epic of Gilgamesh also had the flood myth way before Noah's story became part of Abrahamic religions.

[WickedIndigo]

Professor Dave coming in hot with the Sumerian content to even further discredit Billy Carson😂🤘🤘

[PsychonunBO]

Sargon of akkad has Been real quiet since this dropped.

[mikotagayuna]

Child: But Father, someone said that our civilization was spawned by ancient aliens.
Father: Oh you sweet Sumer child.

[leandromafe]

The thumbnail had me thinking I had somehow screwed my yt algorithm 😅😅😅

[SpaceLordof]

We goin’ back to Uruk with this one, boys.

[mitzzzu_tigerjones]

Not enough debunk material on ancient aliens… Thanks for this.❤

[johnstevens]

Yes! Simple and factual history rehashes!
I’ve been looking forward to something like this for a while. Can’t wait to get the rest!

[oblii]

Sargon of Akkad !
Thumbnail bringing some flashbacks

[maxmac]

It's mindboggling how such a sophisticated society can grow and thrive for a thousand years and more, only to disappear.

[sideeggunnecessary]

I always found jt fascinating how their form of recording is literally the only form of writing that becomes more permanent when it is cooked at 500 degrees under a burning pile of building

[petersage]

"...forces the city's young people to labor for him." This feels familiar. At the beginning of the pandemic, our then-ruler decreed that food service workers like me were "essential workers" and could not shelter in place, requiring us to carry travel papers in case we were stopped for violating curfew. Fun times.

[abbasfadhil]

Why i feel a sense of proud as an iraqi 😅

[Engineer-ms]

What a stunning video, I will definitely support this amazing professor on Patreon.

[brian.the.archivist]

Dad joke coming:
Q: Gilgamesh, where did you come from?
A: sumer (points), over there

Good overview, as always.

[TreforTreforgan]

How accurate would those illustrated city scapes shown in the beginning of this video have been?

[davidkeller]

Sargon of Akkad has a birth story almost exactly like what later became Moses’ birth story.

[randallwhiteis]

Dave, i love you but can you NOT use AI in your videos please.

[LanceHall]

And people have spent their entires live studying this one area.

[dayagean-yyy]

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