Great courses (DVD)

Lecturer: Amanda H. Podany

Explore Mesopotamia, a civilization that flourished for more than 3,000 years. Mesopotamians built the first complex urban societies; developed writing, literature, and law; and united vast regions through warfare and diplomacy. However, much still remains to be discovered about this fascinating region

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

Uncovering Near Eastern Civilization

Episode 2

Natufian Villagers and Early Settlements

Episode 3

Neolithic Farming, Trading, and Pottery

Episode 4

Eridu and Other Towns in the Ubaid Period

Episode 5

Uruk, the World's Biggest City

Episode 6

Mesopotamia's First Kings and the Military

Episode 7

Early Dynastic Workers and Worshipers

Episode 8

Lugalzagesi of Umma and Sargon of Akkad

Episode 9

Akkadian Empire Arts and Gods

Episode 10

The Fall of Akkad and Gudea of Lagash

Episode 11

Ur III Households, Accounts, and Ziggurats

Episode 12

Migrants and Old Assyrian Merchants

Episode 13

Royalty and Palace Intrigue at Mari

Episode 14

War and Society in Hammurabi's Time

Episode 15

Justice in the Old Babylonian Period

Episode 16

The Hana Kingdom and Clues to a Dark Age

Episode 17

Princess Tadu-Hepa, Diplomacy, and Marriage

Episode 18

Land Grants and Royal Favor in Mittani

Episode 19

The Late Bronze Age and the End of Peace

Episode 20

Assyria Ascending

Episode 21

Ashurbanipal's Library and Gilgamesh

Episode 22

Neo-Assyrian Empire, Warfare, and Collapse

Episode 23

Babylon and the New Year's Festival

Episode 24

End of the Neo-Babylonian Empire