Ancient Mesopotamia PT2 in a 3 part introduction to my Ancient texts/Ancient Astronaut series. This video will be dealing with the historicity and development in ancient Mesopotamia during the Ubaid period until the end of the late Uruk period (5300-2900BCE) Examples of Sumerian technology include: the wheel, cuneiform, arithmetic and geometry, irrigation systems, Sumerian boats, lunisolar calendar, bronze, leather, saws, chisels, hammers, braces, bits, nails, pins, rings, hoes, axes, knives, lancepoints, arrowheads, swords, glue, daggers, waterskins, bags, harnesses, armor, quivers, war chariots, scabbards, boots, sandals, harpoons, and beer. Music: "Tribal Dance" Composed by:Pete Calandra, BMI, Scott P. Schreer, BMI Published by: Freeplaymusic, BMI, Freeplaymusic, BMI freeplaymusic.com Note: some images used are from the documentary "Civilizations- the Gardens of Babel" TOOLS: The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL) etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD) oi.uchicago.edu Sumerian Mythology By Samuel Noah Kramer www.holyebooks.org LINKS: Pre-Historic Ubaid Culture (5500-4000 BC) ancientneareast.tripod.com Ancient Uruk -- Biblical Erech -- Arabic Warka ancientneareast.tripod.com The Uruk period www.historicity.org History of Sumer en.wikipedia.org The ancient Sumerians www.britishmuseum.org Ancient Mesopotamia www.historylink101.com From south to north, the principal temple-cities, their <b>...</b>