Messages from the Past: Reassessing Ancient Civilizations - Mesopotamia (2001)NHK

Messages from the Past: Reassessing Ancient Civilizations - Mesopotamia (2001)NHK
59 min.
episode 2. Mesopotamia: I have conquered the river
Scholars visit ruins in Mesopotamia looking at the anthropology, sociology, engineering, agriculture, climatology and metallurgy of the ancient river-dependent civilizations that lived in these regions. Recent discoveries are highlighted. Descriptions are enhanced with detailed cinematography and 3-D animation.
Literally "the land between the rivers," Mesopotamia was host to some of the worlds earliest and most powerful civilizations. Shot on location, this program seeks to understand how the Sumerian city-states, cradled by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, built a vibrant agricultural economy and why, after centuries, the wheat crop suddenly failed.