A day in the life of an ancient Babylonian business mogul - Soraya Field Fiorio

Follow Babylonian priestess and businesswoman Beltani as she investigates who is undermining her barley fields and tavern.
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It’s 1762 BCE. As dawn breaks in the Babylonian city of Sippar, Beltani- a priestess and businesswoman- receives an urgent visit from her brother. He makes a troubling accusation: her tavern keeper has been undermining the business Beltani relies on in her old age. Now she has just a few short hours to find out the truth. Soraya Field Fiorio details a day in the life of a Babylonian naditu.
Lesson by Soraya Field Fiorio, directed by Keegan Thornhill.
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[@fakexzvo9479]

The punishment for diluting wine is death by drowning. *Well that escalated quickly*

[@Luciens10]

And death by burning just by entering the boss' own tavern

[@calebmurray4438]

I think the logic is it’s sabotaging your business but it’s still pretty unreasonable

[@faizalf119]

I mean in old wild West you will be hanged for stealing horse. Back then luxury items are far more limited in option wine is serious business.

[@MasterCivilEngineering]

Absolutely

[@NA-AN]

*Dilutes wine with a drop of water* "So you have chosen death".

[@midimusicforever]

The punishment for diluting wine is to get diluted.

[@aptname9710]

Seriously underrated comment. 💯

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[@SharpDesign]

Oh, wow.

[@hyu9648]

Yes

[@reinatr4848]

An eye for an eye, I guess?

[@AlyPicon]

damn i got so invested in this story, i literally gasped when the wine lady said the brother framed her😭

[@prateek4279]

Damn....Spoiler Alert

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@@prateek4279 sorry omg, got too excited

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Me too

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Crazy plot twist 😂

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I really love these "A day in the life of ..." series. We look at civilizations and cultures and often focus on rulers and wars but it's nice to see what the average person did at the time.

[@YY-ug9mv]

I love it too but they are not avarage person,certainly she was not a common folk, she was a naditu.Goodluck trying to find info on daily life of serfs,they were not important and not recorded.

[@abthedragon4921]

@@YY-ug9mv OK maybe average person is the wrong word but still, nice to see the inner workings of societies

[@MasterCivilEngineering]

👍👍👍

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I love it to

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[@idkwhattonametemp8364]

the milkman in my area: *dilutes milk* babylonians: *D E A T H*

[@twicepilled]

Preistess: *enters a tavern* Babylonians: *D E A T H*

[@MelloNotMarsh]

Merchant: *alters weights* Babylonians: *D E A T H*

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You still have milkmen? What Leave-It-To-Beaver town-that-time-forgot do you live in?

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@@nietzschesghost8529 maybe the commenter lives in a more rural area?

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>Does anything in Ancient Babylon So, you've chosen death.

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Yea it basically sounds like it Lol

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Me too! I watch them several times

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Really

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Same

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The amount of crimes punishable by death is concerning

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Reminds me of that scene from Parks and recreation where the Venezuelan official lists many acts that result in jail time

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Are questioning the law Death by stones

[@quentinvanbutsele371]

Yup, for instance the Code of Hammurabi is kinda... extreme on punishements. If someone cut your arm, the judge will cut the arm of your aggressor... (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi, the french page is more complete, thus the artefact is in Paris) BUT it was one of the oldest record of "weighted" punishment and law in the History. For instance one of the "law" says " if you said you are married, but you does'nt have any contract, it means you are not married". Before that and without written rules... well there was just vendetta, revenge and self-justice.

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At that time honesty was paramount, if anyone found to exploit this system by falsehoods or cheat, the consequences would be grave, i.e death.

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That's King Hammurabi for you

[@nathanielgarza9198]

Everyone’s gangsta til Sharen from Human Resources realizes you been diluting wine

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Or when she realizes you've been altering the scales

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Underated comment

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@@JellyJam1115 Alterning the scales is still a huge crime too - but prison level not..death penalty 😬

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My history teacher was just about to show us a KZbin video on Babylonians when this popped up in her recommendations. She got so excited she squealed😂

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you have a good teacher

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I wish my history teacher was THAT awesome

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Tavern Keeper: It's actually YOUR brother that's cheating you off your money! Me: **le gasp**

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Ikr

[@lurdianysilveira5849]

Me after she said That oh my Holy gosh

[@Dantick09]

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Drowning for diluted wine, Death for altered weights Burning for entering the tavern...damm proportionality went out the window

[@somikasonishorts1874]

Imagine if such laws were still present and actually applied. *Death tolls rise to 100%*

[@ixorafy]

Just don't dilute the wine lmao

[@marceloantunes998]

We'd live in a better world. Greed can only be stymied by death

[@TylerSolvestri]

In those days people were less selfish and more socially organized, except for the leaders.

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And crimes tolls down by 100%

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@@houssembenabdallah6599 world hunger down by 100%

[@u.g.3298]

After that, her brother didn't learned the lesson and started selling copper ingots of terrible quality.

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"I understood that reference!"

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@@cramerfloro5936 I dont...

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@@renyakbeayek5043 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir

[@Nadia1989]

And collecting the best complaint letters

[@Son9]

And she still had enough heart to prevent her brother from getting killed. Raising the bar for us all, truly.

[@game_boyd1644]

This is a pretty normal reaction though. I wont speak for everyone, but I personally wouldnt want a sibling dead just for cheating me

[@NitemareMoon]

Babylonian: does something a little shady Babylonian authority: so you have chosen... death.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Yep

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☠️

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This has more drama than most tv shows today. I love it.

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I love it too!

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These “day in the life” vids are some of my favorites on the channel. History textbooks love to focus on kings or wars, while neglecting the average person.

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I don’t know why it took me years of watching their history videos to realize that they probably always place their fictionalized historical people during the reign of relatively well-known leaders because that’s the time period that we probably know most about.

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So true

[@ChurchRvB117]

This quarter’s profits were lower than we anticipated *D I E*

[@unknownfact4466]

sounds familiar

[@dhruvsharma9969]

worker: *dilutes the smallest amount of wine with water Babylonians: *you have forfeited ur life privileges*

[@PranjalJain123]

More like :- .your free trial of life has expired.

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As Assyrian, it always makes me happy seeing videos about the history of Babylon and Assyria, Thanks Ted-Ed

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Agreed.

[@satyarthasaxena4582]

Brother: i was a businessman, doing business. Babylonians: death!

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I love how represented women were at the time, which is truly amazing. Especially when you take into consideration the fact that in ancient Rome, some 1500 years later, women still didn't have as many rights.

[@htoodoh5770]

In practice, Roman women did have similar right.

[@DeathnoteBB]

I mean they literally said family assets usually go through men

[@doremifasolatee6258]

'Burnt if she entered the tavern'...

[@meep_cubed170]

Buy these rights were only really given to high class women sadly

[@arcanna4278]

Came for the lesson, stayed for the drama. **sips tea**

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Me too

[@auscar81]

Me: * adds water to my juice Babylonians: 𝘿 𝙀 𝘼 𝙏 𝙃

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“The past changes a little every time we retell it.” --Hilary Mantel

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The art style is so unique and perfectly fits each video in this series. Beautiful!

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I swear this damn channel doesn't miss when it comes to interesting and educational videos.

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True dat

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act. Sounds similiar to 'JUST DO IT!' ✔

[@Tiberon098]

We need a movie or streaming series based on Ancient Babylon.

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Yes!

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As someone who lives 40 minutes away from the ruins of babylon : At least they got our noises right (:- !!!

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Thank you so much for making these “day in the life” videos! They are so educational and give a great aspect of past types of living.

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I love this series of day in the life videos, thanks TED-Ed! 💜

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I really love the "a day in the life of" series. It personalizes things so much and I end up invested in the characters every single time.

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I have read somewhere before that inequality between men and women arised in the ancient civilization when the need for work force also grew because of wars and farm works. The need for children were great because of work and so women were then forced give birth and stay at home because of their small kids. By that time, women were treated as economic properties and the inequality began.

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That sundial watch reminds me of "The Emperor's New Groove"

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I love the illustrations and animation. Beautifully done. Most informative and interesting. Thank you!

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I love these videos . Please make more . I love learning about ancient day to day life :D

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The content of the channel is wonderful in all its forms, and all the videos are great and teach others. I love this channel. I learn from stories and interviews, and the most important thing is the English language is really beautiful. I hope that you will make the Arabic translation available in the next video so that we can learn the language as soon as possible. Thank you.

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I LOVE the animation for this ep! From the omen bit to the sundial wrist watch! These shorts remind me of educational cartoons that the teacher would put on! Props to the animators & to TED-Ed!

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I ❤❤❤❤❤❤ these videos! Beltani's brother was lucky. She tempered justice with mercy. Looking forward to more A Day In The Life vids in future! ❤

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wow, this is so well drew! I love it!

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Man I’m really glad we have fines and prisons instead of... Death

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Babylonians sure knew how to do punishments

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Agreed👍

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The animation style on this one is soo cool

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This video was amazing

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Had goosebumps. So happy she survived.

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Really interesting. Really want more of this

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I just learned about Hammurabi’s code in my classes- This makes sense :D!

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i just wanna say tho this art style is surprisingly cute lol theyre so expressive and i got so caught up in the story i audibly gasped multiple times and was like "NO HE DIDNT NUH UH HOW COULD HE" so shout out to the artist!!!

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Damn the animations just get better and better!

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This will be very useful for when I time travel back to simpler times.

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Finally early to one of these!

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Slightly disappointed that there wasn't a character based on Irving Finkel, KZbin's official babylonian superstar.

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I know right?

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Ancient Babylonian: **Simply breathes** Ancient Babylonian leaders: *"YOU HATH COMMITTED A CRIME, YOU SHALL DIE FOR YOUR ACTIONS!"*

[@angelomastri1416]

Regarding the capital offense of diluting your product... Beer and wine back then were literal currency. So in a sense, watering it down or otherwise tampering with it is akin to counterfeiting.

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Great video 👍

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Let's create peace together...and make earth a better peaceful place to live🙏

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2:33 that man’s turkey is bigger than his entire body and he is all like 🦃 🍽 🤲 | | | | 👁👄👁

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Animation, Way of telling it, So perfect.

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The new priestess at 4:14 is soo cute!😍

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The tavern keeper lady is the best character in this story I love her XD 🏺🍷

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Educational and enjoyable

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Good lord, why do we had to be so complicated back in the ol' days !

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I got here before I got the notification somehow

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Interesting. God bless and have a wonderful day