Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3

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.

Chapters:
Introduction: Ancient Mesopotamia 00:00
The City of Uruk 2:20
The Importance of Writing 4:03
Hammurabi 6:26
The Assyrians 8:08
An Open Letter to the Word 'Awesome' 9:55
What Happened to the Assyrians? 10:40
Credits 11:23

Resources:

Credits:
Written by Raoul Meyer and John Green
Produced by Stan Muller
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:
Mbzt
Hardnfast
Marie Lan-Nguyen

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[FarhatC]

If anyone is as curious as I am, the cuneiform written on the chalkboard can be decoded as the word 'NERD' :D

[guul]

"You may be smart, kid, but I've been smart longer." I see what you did there.

[SeekPsychiatricHelp]

When you’re watching this on the smart board in school and they start “skoodilypooping”

[laubrocaneli]

"Oh younger version of myself, how I hate you" LMAO

[BattleRAAD]

Still hard to believe that this is the guy that wrote The Fault in Our Stars.

[kaigankaya]

"Unless, wait for it.... You're the Mongols."
Jeez, those guys are everywhere.

[MikeGud]

other people: I've gotta study for my AP test
me: I liKe ThE FunNy WHitE MaN

[imienazwisko]

"You can tell the quality of a historian by the amount of globes he or she owns".
-John Green

[Rad]

People say he talks too fast... Boi I got an AP test in 2 days and I got the video on x2 speed!

[MustaphaGaming]

Hammurabi or as I remember it from my high school history class, Harambe.

[winonaponce]

“But I’ve been smart longer” KILLED ME

[superfire]

Did he just not spoil a 1000+ year old poem?
The absolute legend

[jzee]

am i the only one watching these videos because they are interesting and not because of an exam ?

[locke]

How is no one talking about this mans blue steel? Lol there was some serious commitment there.

I got a good laugh, Bravo sir.

[channinghay]

boutta watch all 42 of these before the AP test tomorrow:)

[douglasfulmer]

I researched Mesopotamia in 5th grade or maybe 7th, and since then I have always had a huge passion in history. I like CrashCourse but I wish it had source references.

[marissamoreno]

watching all the world history crash course videos to study for my AP world history test... John Green has taught me wayyy more than my actual teacher

[pieniaurinko]

Actually the 'eye for an eye' concept was pretty revolutionary and great. Before, you took your enemies eye because he'd taken your eye because your father had taken his brothers eye because... well, you get the point. Blood feuds were common, and for punishments not only you, but the next generations paid. So *one* eye for *one* eye sounds pretty great and just in comparison, doesn't it?

[nosypoppy]

I can't believe I'm in university and still watching these old CrashCourse videos because they are the best

[hazelnoot]

If there are 42 episodes in this series, and they are roughly 10 minutes each, then that's 420 minutes.




I have to watch 7 hours of video because I'll fail my AP exam otherwise