The Complete and Concise History of the Sumerians and Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia (7000-2000 BC)
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Published 2021-02-04
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
03:21 Early Farming Communities (Samarra, Halaf, Ubaid)
08:12 Eridu
12:51 Uruk and the First Cities
17:46 Invention of Writing
21:30 First Kings
22:47 Early Dynastic Period
23:36 Sumerian Religion
26:32 Lagash and Umma
33:00 Ur
35:10 Nippur
35:47 Urukagina
39:02 Lugalzagesi
41:57 Sargon and Akkadian Rule of Sumer
50:55 Post-Akkadian Sumer and the Gutians
54:24 Gudea of Lagash
55:30 Utu-hegal
57:30 Third Dynasty of Ur (Ur III) / Neo-Sumerian Empire
01:06:14 Amorites, Elamites and the End of an Era
01:09:41 Aftermath and Legacy of Sumer
01:11:45 Thank you and Patrons
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Sources and Suggested Reading:
The Sumerians - Their History, Culture and Character - Samuel Noah Kramer
A Companion to the the Ancient Near East - Edited by Daniel Snell
The Sumerians - Paul Collins
History Begins at Sumer - Samuel Noah Kramer
The Sumerian World - Edited by Harriet Crawford
A History of the Ancient Near East: ca. 3000-323 BC, Third Edition - Marc Van De Mieroop
The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia - Benjamin R. Foster
The Ancient Near East: Historical Sources in Translation - Mark W. Chavalas
The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy - Mario Liverani
Ancient Iraq - Georges Roux
Early Antiquity - I. M. Diakonoff
The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume I - Edited by Karen Radner, Nadine Moeller and D. T. Potts
The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume II - Edited by Karen Radner, Nadine Moeller and D. T. Potts
A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75 - Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East - Amanda H. Podany
Sumer and the Sumerians - Harriet Crawford
Sumerian Mythology - Samuel Noah Kramer
The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy - Mario Liverani
Excavations at Ur - Sir Leonard Woolley
Uruk: The First City - Mario Liverani
Ur: City of the Moon God - Harriet Crawford
Gudea and his Dynasty (RIM The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia) - Sibylle Edzard
Gilgamesh: A New English Version - Stephen Mitchell
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