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8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities
Episode 8 of the Fall of Civilizations podcast, a roughly two and a half hour history of the Sumerians. It covers their mysterious origins, invention of writing and mathematics, great early cities and eventual collapse, with myths, proverbs and recreated music.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters strongly recommend it as an audiobook-length, deeply informative introduction to Sumer and early Mesopotamian civilization.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Fall of Civilizations
- Topic
- sumerian civilization
- Format
- podcast
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 12
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you’re interested in the history of Lagash and the wider Sumerian civilization, I highly recommend the _Fall of Civilizations Podcast_ episode 8. [VIDEO] At 2.5 hours it’s more like an audiobook. During the pandemic this was my gateway into learning a ton about this …
wanderingstan on Hacker News · 2022-10
In Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islandsFall of Civilizations is absolutely amazing stuff, I double recommend it. It has an episode that covers this specific topic as well - [VIDEO]
Strom on Hacker News · 2022-11
In Ur> The producer of "civilization and culture"? In what sense? Farms produce the goods we eat, how does that lead to culture and civilization? I'm not that knowledgeable at history - if that is the case, then I'd really like to read more about it. …
oblio on Hacker News · 2020-11
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