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S03E04: Written in Mud: Mesopotamia, Scripture, and the Birth of Civilization
Humanities I : Week 1, Episode 4
Description
History begins in mud—with a reed, a clay tablet, and a receipt for barley. In this episode, we travel through ancient Mesopotamia to explore the rise of Sumer, the invention of writing, the ziggurat and the Tower of Babel, early law and ideas of justice, Sargon and the birth of empire, and the Epic of Gilgamesh and its famous flood narrative.
Along the way, we place the world of the Ancient Near East beside Scripture, reading key biblical passages from the English Standard Version (ESV). From Genesis and the cities of Shinar to Joseph, Hammurabi…
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