Welcome!

In this first episode of The Human History Podcast we're going back to one of the earliest human civilizations. The peoples responsible for bringing us the wheel, who developed one of the earliest forms of writing, invented the sailboat, gave us our first written laws, cities, and more. Their figures are eternal: Gilgamesh, Abram (Abraham), Gudea, Ur-Nammu.

In part one of this two part series we'll introduce you to one of the most fascinating civilizations of all time - on top of being one of the earliest - as well as dive in to the main figures who guide much of ancient Sumerian history.

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Sources:

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome - Emily Wise Bauer

https://www.amazon.com/History-Ancient-World-Earliest-Accounts/dp/039305974X

The Sumerian World - Edited by Harriet Crawford

https://www.amazon.com/Sumerian-World-Routledge-Worlds/dp/1138238635/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+sumerian+world+crawford&qid=1573607885&s=books&sr=1-1

https://www.ancient.eu

thoughtco.com

khanacademy.org

wikipedia.org

The Sumerians: Part I