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8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities

Fall of Civilizations · 41M views · 2020-08-16 · 2:27:49

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Overview

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.

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HN commenters strongly recommend it as an audiobook-length, deeply informative introduction to Sumer and early Mesopotamian civilization.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 9 months · HN mentions 2020–2023

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What people said

Strom · 2022-11 · Strong recommendation

Fall of Civilizations is absolutely amazing stuff, I double recommend it. It has an episode that covers this specific topic as well - [VIDEO]

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wanderingstan · 2022-10 · Strong recommendation

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 ancient civilization, when humanity first began to write and thus be able to communicate with us thousands of years later.

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wanderingstan · 2023-02 · Recommendation

Related: I was introduced to Sumerian history by this excellent episode of the “Fall of Civilizations Podcast”: [VIDEO]

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