8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities

What this video covers

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 it surfaced in Hacker News

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

Recommendation context

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“I highly recommend the _Fall of Civilizations Podcast_ episode 8.”

“Fall of Civilizations is absolutely amazing stuff, I double recommend it.”

“If you have 1 hour, hear/listen to this podcast/video”