Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization

Eridu and Other Towns in the Ubaid Period

Educational Jun 1, 2020 26 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E4: The Ubaid people constructed the earliest monumental buildings, standardized some measurements, and must have had some sort of formal leadership to care for and control their populations. See how the people of the Ubaid coordinated their efforts to develop irrigation systems, despite a lack of written language.

Educational Jun 1, 2020 26 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 26 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.