Everyday life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Channel: Robert Dalling
Date: 2019-08-14

See www.HumanismWeb.net for links to all the videos that comprise this Big History Course. The narration is contained in my book “Human nature, worth, and civilization,” by Robert Dalling.

Topics include the origins of farming, cities, writing, scribes, courts, and legal codes, the invention of war, and the origin of religion that re-emphasizes moral behavior. For Mesopotamian religion, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix9X2RzlJzs

Video contents
   Starts at minute
Intro              0
Origin of farming            7
Growth of cities          10
Invention of war          15
Invention of writing  37
Daily life                   49
Courts and legal codes 72