"Will Durant's Study of Sumeria: From Cuneiform to Civilization"

Embark on a mesmerizing journey to the dawn of human civilization with the celebrated historian, Will Durant, as he unravels the enigmatic story of Sumeria. In this enlightening video, Durant delves into the ancient history, cultural achievements, and profound impact of the world's first known civilization.
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[@katien1684]

Thank you ROCKY for all the great work and historical presentations.most of my current knowledge with respect to men such as Plato Socrates; and the writings by Will Durant are a result of your efforts and methods by which all of us you touched are enlightened.

[@asoulist4829]

0:00 Sumeria Prelude 1:51 1. Susa 4:26 2. The Sumerians 4:29 2.1 The historical background. 20:55 2.2 Economic life 25:24 2.3 Government 28:50 2.4 Religion and Morality 37:10 2.5 Letters and Arts 46:58 3. Adage to Egypt

[@Thunder9987999]

The man, the myth, the legend has returned!

[@charlesfenwick6554]

Durant's ancient history completely outdated

[@artofthepossible7329]

@@charlesfenwick6554 Isn't that a good thing? It means that our knowledge of the past has significantly improved in the past 4 decades. If it wasn't that should be a great shame to all the principles of science and all involved in it's mission.

[@HansDunkelberg1]

@@artofthepossible7329 You can even be corrected yourself - regarding the apostrophe in your last-but-one word.

[@nathansolbach5592]

@Hans- you too. Native English speakers say “second to last” word, or “penultimate” word, instead of “last but one” or whatever your phrasing was. No offense, and I wouldn’t trip nor take it personally if you were to correct my grammar. It’s good to admit your mistakes and improve yourself (not just in writing but in all fields of human endeavor). Usually it’s just children and narciSsists and megalomaniacs etc that don’t admit their mistakes and flaunt and humble brag about their so-called perfection/lack of error.

[@mikesnyder1788]

Durant at his best! Thanks so much for making this essay available!

[@n0s41nt8]

28:50 4. Religion and Morality 37:11 5. Letters and Arts

[@n0s41nt8]

35:43

[@myemailaccount3046]

Yes Rocky C. I came straight here for first comment.

[@xxcoopcoopxx]

The Story of Civilzation: Book I - Our Oriental Heritage. The Near East: Sumeria pg.116-136 Pages 113 - 388 The Near East: Sumeria pg.116, Egypt pg.137, Babylonia pg.218, Assyria pg.265, Judea pg.299, Persia pg.350.

[@vikingbeachbum]

love these

[@timwhite5562]

For Americans that might be confused when the term 'corn'; everywhere else in the world with possible exception of Australia, corn is just a catch-all term for cereal grains. It's not maize, that'd be North American corn. It confused me when I first read Caesar's Commentaries and he mentions needing to acquire corn for the legions since I understood corn to be native to the Americas.

[@Ikokaoniko]

Great. As ever.

[@lola13802]

Thank you Rockyc

[@krismine99]

Yasss, love these

[@aqibkhan2706]

Very nice video. Sir if you post different pitchers alongside dacumnamtry, it ud be more vivid

[@edgardoibarra5955]

Finally

[@BaronM]

cool

[@douglaskennard]

Anyone have a link to all of the Durant's videos?

[@HansDunkelberg1]

You find at least many of them (if not even all) by clicking on the name of the channel Rocky C, above, then under videos ( kzbin.info/door/WytMxSLLwejjLlgZYeJ1-wvideos ).

[@asoulist4829]

The epic of Gilgamesh is still a very good story, even by today's standards.

[@HigherPlanes]

"If a woman was accused of adultery, she was reduced to a servant and the man would find a new wife." Nice

[@jotun666zidane]

We need to bring this back lol

[@HigherPlanes]

@@jotun666zidane lol

[@Randall2023]

Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦

[@MyRealName148]

Fuckin A man

[@JM-om4pl]

Second here!!

[@asoulist4829]

For those of you who believe in a Abrahamic religion, how do you reconcile Sumeria with your faith?

[@benquinney2]

La Z boy

[@70galaxie]

to fast!!! 0.75 too slow

[@HansDunkelberg1]

You might be able to download the free audio-manipulation program Audacity. This could allow you to record the audio of videos (if not in a better way then perhaps bluntly by recording the sound from the speakers of a computer to the latter's microphone, through the air). Opening the recording in Audacity then would enable you to change the _tempo_ (rather than the "speed") of the entire file or of parts of it under "Effects", after you have marked all or parts of the file by clicking into a sound wave the program displays (and dragging the cursor sideways).

[@ivanbarbosa81]

Funny they exclude Africa from civilization.Oh Mama Africa one day archeology will pay you tribute.I love durant but it is dissapointing when he includes Egypt in the near east.

[@adrianhilltobar3690]

that's because there was nothing Civil about it back then they were still hunter and gatherers and still are. there was probably no civilizations in Africa before the Sumerian time

[@someone-wi4xl]

Egyptians were closer to Levantine peoples than Sub-Saharan peoples Linguistically .. culturally .. Genetically etc...

[@juandering6825]

@@adrianhilltobar3690 Mr Tobar please read comment I posted above. Africa has had many cultures that were far above just "hunting and gathering", they had domesticated animals and some farming. Africa, in the south, had sufficient resources readily available and sparce population so that settlements were not common. As much as I have enjoyed Mr Durant's work for more than 30 yrs, he has ignored Latin America. Maybe if you read a bit about the rich cultures that have developed in Africa, especially Ghana, next time you will may not state that "there was nothing civil" in Africa. You would be amazed at the spoken literature and art in these "nothing civil" cultures. The definitions of culture and civilization have been debated for many years.

[@juandering6825]

Check out the HomeTeam History channel, they present civilizations rivaling Egypt. Very educational

[@marlonconnors965]

But the Near East was Africa and the Sumerians where black baby. Or that is what the fbi testing says.