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Curated Video
Recording Sales in Clay Tablets - Mathematical Models: From Sundials to Number Engines (3/7)
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What is Cuneiform? Sumerians & Mesopotamia
Discover the fascinating world of cuneiform, one of the earliest writing systems in human history. Developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago, cuneiform was used to record laws, trade, literature, and more....
Curated Video
The Versatility of Clay: From Pottery to Medicine
From construction to medicine, clay has been an important material for humans for thousands and thousands of years. It is a fine-grained rock or soil containing metal oxides, and organic matter. From pottery and construction to writing...
World Science Festival
The Technology of Writing: From Stone Tablets to Tablet Devices
From clay tablets to scrolls to books...back to tablets, the technology of how the written word is recorded has changed throughout history. Alex Wright, director of user experience at the New York Times, describes how changes in writing...
National Geographic
Solving an Ancient Tablet's Mathematical Mystery | National Geographic
A new interpretation of an ancient tablet may show that the Babylonians had mastered trigonometry, pushing back the foundation of that subject more than a millennium. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe' target='_blank'...
TED-Ed
The epic of Gilgamesh, the king who tried to conquer death | Soraya Field Fiorio
In 1849, in the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq, archaeologists sifted through dusty remains, hoping to find records to prove that Bible stories were true. What they found instead was a 4,000-year-old story inscribed on crumbling clay...
Curated Video
Cuneiform
A video entitled "Cuneiform" introduces students to the history, evolution, methods for writing, and the lasting influence of Sumerian cuneiform.
Curated Video
The Babylonians and Plimpton 322
Why the depiction of Babylonian numerals matches numeral systems the world over, and how this allows us to decipher their mathematical knowledge. And see what homework Babylonian pupils were set thousands of years ago! Maths - History Of...
Extra Credits
The History of Writing - Where the Story Begins - Extra History
How did the ancient civilization of Sumer first develop the concept of the written word? It all began with simple warehouse tallies in the temples, but as the scribes sought more simple ways to record information, those tallies gradually...
The British Museum
Deciphering the world's oldest rule book | Irving Finkel | Curator's Corner pilot
Irving Finkel has possibly the coolest job in the world – he’s curator of cuneiform at the British Museum! Since 1979 he’s been trawling the Museum’s 130,000 clay tablets for clues about life in ancient Mesopotamia. In this film, he...
Crash Course
Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History
Globalization has been in process for centuries, and has had a huge effect on Big History, and on Collective Learning. This week, Emily is investigating early globalization through three things that moved around the world and shaped...
Be Smart
The History of Money (From Barter To Bitcoin)
Money. We all use it. But is it real? I mean, you can touch a coin or bill, but who decided that’s worth anything? And what about all those 1’s and 0’s getting swapped and traded by computers thousands of times per second? How are those...
SciShow
How Ancient Babylonians Predicted Eclipses
There's an eclipse coming up in April of 2024! You'd think it takes a lot of modern technology for us to know about it, but it turns out that humans have been able to predict eclipses for nearly three thousand years. And we've been...
Professor Dave Explains
The Indo-European World Part 2: Persian Empires – Achaemenid, Parthian, Sasanian (600 BCE – 600 CE)
Continuing with the Indo-European world, it's time to check out the Persian empires, of which there were several. The ones we will examine here are the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sasanian empires, which rose and fell as regions were lost...
Curated Video
The Epic of Gilgamesh | Mesopotamia
Travel back to ancient Mesopotamia to hear one of the oldest stories ever written—the Epic of Gilgamesh! In this episode, we’ll follow Gilgamesh, a strong and powerful king, as he goes on a journey to find friendship, wisdom, and the...
Curated Video
Entering the World of Books
Explore the various types of books, their components, and how they have changed over time. Learn how books have become more accessible and convenient through the advancements in technology, leading to the emergence of ebooks.