Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- In which John presents Mesopotamia and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include the birth of territorial kingdoms, empires, Neo-Assyrian torture tactics, sacred marriages, ancient labor practices, the world's first law code, and the great failed romance of John's undergrad years.
Chapters:
Introduction: Ancient Mesopotamia 00:00
The City of Uruk 2:20
The Importance of Writing 4:03
Hammurabi 6:26
The Assyrians 8:08
An Open Letter to the Word 'Awesome' 9:55
What Happened to the Assyrians? 10:40
Credits 11:23
Resources:
The British Museum's Mesopotamia site: goo.gl/Fn4dN5
The Epic of Gilgamesh: goo.gl/9i7svQ or get a hard copy at goo.gl/iKsCDD
Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians by Enrico Ascalone: goo.gl/iL487J
The Mesopotamians by TMBG: goo.gl/1D4lXo
Credits:
Written by Raoul Meyer and John Green
Produced by Stan Muller
Animations by Smart Bubble Society: www.thoughtcafe.ca/
Thought Bubble team:
Suzanna Brusikiewicz
Jonathon Corbiere
Allan Levy
Jin Kyung Myung
James Tuer
Adam Winnik
Original Music: Jason Weidner
Script Supervisor & Doll Costumer: Danica Johnson
Set Design: Donna Sink
Props: Brian McCutcheon
Photos courtesy of:
Mbzt
Hardnfast
Marie Lan-Nguyen
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"You may be smart, kid, but I've been smart longer." I see what you did there.
hihihihihihihi yeah XDXDXD
Elisa Flemer Vlog You've read the book?
+Alar Rõigas Yup
Just googled it, but I don't remember that part in the book lool
Me neither, I read it so long ago.
Still hard to believe that this is the guy that wrote The Fault in Our Stars.
He does seem too smart to have written such a shit book.
+Joella Z I loved every second of that book, still my favorite to date
Kian Najmechi
You haven't read enough books.
Joella Z to each their own, but the books criticism of nihlism vs existentialism and highlighting of stigmatisation was something I personally loved.
Did not believe you googled it it's true
When you’re watching this on the smart board in school and they start “skoodilypooping”
What does that mean??
other people: I've gotta study for my AP test
me: I liKe ThE FunNy WHitE MaN
I feel very seen
"Unless, wait for it.... You're the Mongols."
Jeez, those guys are everywhere.
from what film was that Mongol's cutscene has been taken?
P. Tjandra The Mongols and I'm not even kidding😁 You will find it by searching the Mongols 1961
They conquered from Chine to Hungary in less then a half century. So they were everywhere.
reminds me of..........mangos XD
Well considering they were close to taking over the whole world as a civilization at that time
If anyone is as curious as I am, the cuneiform written on the chalkboard can be decoded as the word 'NERD' :D
Thanks
I was actually wondering about that, thanks!
how did we ever decipher this code?
XD
This was the only reason why i scrolled to the comments.
"You can tell the quality of a historian by the amount of globes he or she owns".
-John Green
People say he talks too fast... Boi I got an AP test in 2 days and I got the video on x2 speed!
Star Wars Greats did it help
Star Wars Greats, man what's with all these people and their AP classes? I feel like a total failure cause I just coasted my way through high school and took all the easy classes :/
ADHD sucks
What is AP ?
Timothé DUERMAEL
Its a Subject in the Philippines
AP Araling Panlipunan
I have one in the morning....
"Oh younger version of myself, how I hate you" LMAO
@Menilek Mulugeta Yeah
am i the only one watching these videos because they are interesting and not because of an exam ?
No!😉
+Jaimeett Sodhi No
+Jaimeett Sodhi same... also john green so why not
+Jaimeett Sodhi No. Can some people actually pass collage exams with these videos?
Its like... You got my username... and said it back to me... as an insult... that's the wittiest fucking thing I've ever seen online. Someone get him a nobel prize for clever and insightful shit said in a youtube comment section! Congrats sir, you've passed the test: YOU HAVE BEATEN THE INTERNET! *confetti explosions followed by balloons trailing from the ceiling*
Did he just not spoil a 1000+ year old poem?
The absolute legend
“But I’ve been smart longer” KILLED ME
How is no one talking about this mans blue steel? Lol there was some serious commitment there.
I got a good laugh, Bravo sir.
Lazarus 303 I never think of him as looking skinny until blue steel
Hammurabi or as I remember it from my high school history class, Harambe.
That's exactly what we said
illuminati confirmed
Dicks Out for Hammurabi
Hammurabi's Chode
Mustapha SAME
boutta watch all 42 of these before the AP test tomorrow:)
yup yup me too
Don't forget part 2
Edit: just realized how screwed we are
Bighorn Gaming I had a similar realization after I fell asleep while watching the videos cuz I’m so tired from studying
same omg, i’m watching this while doing the princeton review book 😭
Same
I researched Mesopotamia in 5th grade or maybe 7th, and since then I have always had a huge passion in history. I like CrashCourse but I wish it had source references.
No Uranium in Mesopotamia?
I see what you did there.
+Joe Holland Je joke is that ancient Mesopotamia is in modern Iraq and the US claimed Iraq had uranium and bombs
,
+Joe Holland oh baby
Joe Holland lel
Lmfao
watching all the world history crash course videos to study for my AP world history test... John Green has taught me wayyy more than my actual teacher
S͞͞o͞͞o͞͞o͞͞o͞͞o͞͞ t͞͞r͞͞u͞͞e͞͞ 😭
+Marissa Moreno same! omg why wont they teach us better i need laughter in my life to learn this stuff!
+lily haynes Yesss!!!😭😭😭
+Marissa Moreno Because the school systems, especially in USA, are fucked up and you will learn more by researching the facts on your own outside of the schooling systems nowadays. TH-cam is a great teacher as long as you have a credible source making the video. Peace.
+Marissa Moreno I have the best teacher. We don't get grades, he believes homework constrains students so he just looks for improvement and evidence of effort so we put together portfolios to show him. He's all about stepping outside your comfort zone and failing, and at the end of the year you decide your grade based off of what you think you deserve.
I can't believe I'm in university and still watching these old CrashCourse videos because they are the best
Uruk 2:10
Cuneiform 4:11
" the hammer of abi " 6:30
Actually the 'eye for an eye' concept was pretty revolutionary and great. Before, you took your enemies eye because he'd taken your eye because your father had taken his brothers eye because... well, you get the point. Blood feuds were common, and for punishments not only you, but the next generations paid. So *one* eye for *one* eye sounds pretty great and just in comparison, doesn't it?
+pieniaurinko but the problem is the whole "kill your son, kill my son thing," which implies that people could be owned just as much as one's own body parts.
Geneva Perez
I was pointing out that the concept was progressive *for that time and society*, not that it would be particularly progressive and/or 'enlightened' today.
+pieniaurinko i know, just pointing out the other side of things. sorry if that was considered "spamming."
Geneva Perez
No, no problem. English isn't my first language; I hope I dodn't sound too cross.
Anyways, we were both a little off - I read an article just today by a theologist, who says that all of these quotes are both out of context and do not translate very well. In this case, he said, the wording was important, as it was put down in phrases commonly used back then. Properly translated into phrases we understand today it says that the (monetary) payback should be of the same value as what was taken and/or damaged. Which is really the same system we use now, paying reparation/compensation.
pieniaurinko Nah, it really doesn't.
9:15 "Cut off their appendages, especially their noses. . ." So Voldemort was one of the rebels. . .
If there are 42 episodes in this series, and they are roughly 10 minutes each, then that's 420 minutes.
I have to watch 7 hours of video because I'll fail my AP exam otherwise
Dude. Same. I know it's like a week away but 7 hours is alot. Good luck to both of us.
Can I get some of that luck too 😫
I’m taking it one Thursday wish me luck
Me too man, me too
Same.
*I sure hope your college girlfriend doesn't see these videos.*
plz explain i never went to college
nvm i got it later in the video
lol
Too late now...
We just got a letter,
We just got a letter,
We just got a letter,
I wonder who it's from
+Pike You Deez nuts. Hyahyahya.
+Pike You OMG that was my fav TV show as a kid!
Pike You KONO DIO DA
You thought your first kiss would be with Gilgamesh but it was me, Enkidu!
Assyria has declared war on you
I'm getting real tired of people complaining about the same thing.
1-) if he is speaking too fast, then tough shit. Get over it.
2-) If you're still going to comment on how he's talking too fast you can change the setting on the video for it to slow down.
3-) if you don't like his teaching style, guess what??? YOU DONT HAVE TO WATCH THE VIDEO. Move on with your life.
Kaitlyn Gardner Exactly!
I concur, and I actually thought he was Awesomely Awesome!!!
I know I’m very late to the game here, but I just wanted to say that these videos are the Blue’s Clues of history videos. And I mean that as the highest form of compliment.
3:58 I feel like I wasn’t supposed to see that
Huh, that's odd.
A religion, originating in the Middle-East, where humanity was wiped out by a flood because they angered the gods.
How strange.
〉Phez〈 Christianity isn't really original. It's pretty much taken pieces of other religions and put them all in to one. Look up Horus and then look at Jesus.
Kilted Celt I looked up Horus and I am failing to see the similarities between the risen lord and a God who achieved dominance via semen covered lettuce.
〉Phez〈 ??? and who said christianity is the oldest religion? Educate yourself
Alex MacDuff
Right, you tell yourself that, lad. Gloss over the facts. That's what you religious are best at. You go girl
Kilted Celt Can you please point out the facts I am missing?
the pronunciation difference of all these terms between John and my social studies teacher is ridiculous 😂😂
Omg “because they made a scoodlypoopin video and put it on the internet” 🤣
Michelle Isaac the old in me appreciated that it was based on One Night in Paris, AKA Paris Hilton’s sex tape...
Iraq... You may have died in these ages... But your history is still alive in our hearts... 🇮🇶❤️🇦🇹
I am from mesopotamia ❤
I think that the Mesopotamia civilization is neglected by the Western media
I watched several movies, for example, Greek and Egyptian civilization and the Romans and the Jews
But I did not see any film regards Mesopotamia civilization
+alkis kosh
I know especially since Mesopotamia influenced all those civilizations.
+alkis kosh This is technically western media :P
+Ram Bam Agreed
I feel that learning history in the United States is based on how America relates to conflict, especially in the west. This needs to change.
Rogue Qall That's not really true. Ancient China is always fawned over, Egypt as well and in Europe the Native Americans are talked about in school as well, but not Mesopotamia.
Ram Bam We have to admit though, there's only so much history you can squeeze into a lesson... the largest and most influential cultures will always take priority. But in general information for the average person to look up in their personal time, all areas should be covered. It's great that channels like this and others too, do try and cover the spread.
I can't wait for the episode where he actually talks about the mongols
Episode 17 of World History, I think, is when he talks about the Mongols.
good luck to all you boys and girls taking the test tomorrow 🤙🏼😔
Lmao u too
u too
Lol
I’m just practicing
I have a test tomorrow and an assignment that was due today (I got a extra day cause everyone else got a trash grade) IM DYIN HERE
"You may be smart but I've been smart longer" -Dr.Hyde
Looking for Alaska
My favorite book of all time
Ah finals week has returned, and with it brings a whole new group of young historians cramming for finals. Cram on my fellow World historians, and may the history gods smile upon you. unless of course you're a mongol......
Anybody else have the AP test tomorrow and just marathoning Crash Course?
Yess!!😂Good luck
+LucasLetsPlays thats actually me right now
+LucasLetsPlays Yes lmao
Who isn't?
I am! I lost my review book and am a bit too lazy to re-read chapters I skipped, that number being in the teens, so crash-course is pretty much my only fall back. Good luck dear fellow AP World History student!
Another great video from Crash Course. I’d love to learn more about the ancient city states of Mesopotamia, including the locations and relative influence of each city at each period of history. Thanks so much for sharing.
Iraqi Babylonian here, from middle of Mesopotamia 🌹🇮🇶
وين حبايبي العراقيين ؟ 🌹
Tiger 73
سلامٌ علیکم یا اخی😊
Me too 🇮🇶
Assyrian over here
same
Sorry but arabs are not mesopotamian arabs are from the arabian penesula originally kurds are true mesopotamians
2 days till my exam ..... time to binge watch all these videos XD
That's what we all should do.
I'm going through the same thing today 😀
Does that actually help? How do you remember anything from a video clip though
It just works man. It also depends if the person can pick up easily...it just works.
thank you for the clarification man -._.-
I taught art history for over 20 years at a university. I wish these videos had been available when I taught. Fun and informative. And perfect for kids who are used to multitasking.
I just had to take a journey back in time and enjoy some classic Crash Course with John, still so good!!
Skootlypooping is my new favorite word. 😊
Lianna Pfister I know my teacher showed us this video and my class started the trend. Of the schoodilypoops XD
Delta Cuber skoodilypooping*
Skootllypooping? Didn't know that was a thing
*Finds out he wrote Fault in our Stars*
NO...THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
Write Fault in Our Stars, he did
.
HE WROTE OTHER BOOKS TOO!!!!
These courses are amazing! Thank you so much ❤️
Humph. So here are the differences between (theories around) IVC and Mesopotamia:
1. IVC had no social order, Mesopotamia had. Ironic given that India practices Caste System.
2. Mesopotamia built temples and architectures, IVC built The Great Bath. Makes sense given the ritual importance associated with water bodies.
3. IVC had no taxes, Mesopotamia on the other hand.
Similarities:
1. Concept of Divine King.
2. Establishment concentrated around rivers.
thank you for all the FREE education and all the effort your team put into the lectures. love the creative and fun way to talk about some big topics. thank you
Sensacional! Além dos vídeos conterem conteúdos excelentes e um "apresentador" cativante, os vídeos estão legendados em português.
Thanks John!
Who else is here because they have to watch this video for History or Social Studies class because of quarantine?
same!
yep socials!
same m8
Well I don't have anything to do that's why I'm watching this video.
nah fam I’m here because the AP test is tomorrow and I’m cramming
TAKE MY MONEY. I NEED THAT GLOBE.
"...they relied on the poorest people to pay taxes, and provide labor, and serve in the army, all of which made you not like your king very much." Hmm, sounds oddly familiar.
😂😂 Right.
+RogerRoids Please STFU. Leave politics out of this and do soem research.
taxfoundation.org/blog/top-1-percent-pays-more-taxes-bottom-90-percent
taxfoundation.org/blog/top-20-percent-households-pay-94-percent-income-taxes
www.cnbc.com/2013/12/11/the-rich-do-not-pay-the-most-taxes-they-pay-all-the-taxes.html
cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/cbotop-40-paid-1062-income-taxes-bottom-40-paid-91-got-average-18950
Those are the first four results.
+SkillSwiper wow, you win the internet today sir
The richest people pay the most taxes, both rich and poor go to war, and oddly the richest people go to labour because they have the most money. You don't know what you're talking about.
+bcd fasho thats when donations, energy efficiency, and other things really become important. It is a hard fact that the goverment's income is 90% from the 1%. Sounds to me like your uncle is very good at moving money around.
I just started watching this series because I've been reading The Penguin History of the World 6th Edition by J.M. Roberts and O.A. Westad. I love world history but my mind does tend to wander when learning about it as there is so much connections to other areas of knowledge including history of other place and people. It is fascinating to follow the progress of an animal who's two main characteristic hardly seem plausible in one animal: Humans are individualistic pack animals. This might be why our two favourite pets are cats and dogs as they represent this duality.
I subscribed to crash course when you started the physic series, I now see that I have been missing out.
how was this made 11 freaking years ago?!?!?!?!?!
I love how all your letters are from yourself :D Great little history snippets.
anyone else cramming for ap world?
"You may be smart kid, but I've been smart longer"
-Dr. Hyde, Looking for Alaska
Great reference and also written by john green
This channel has helped me throughout high school, and now it's helping me at the university :)
"Is this Yellowcake Uranium?" "You never find that in Mesopotamia!" Ouch, Sharp! You are fast fast fast. Well played sir!
Just discovered this channel today; well... Might as well get ready for a world history marathon :3
I'm here because I was just studying stuff on Khan Academy when I saw this whole series on there XD On a binge watch now
Lol me too
Hinata Hajime same
Same
Khan Academy Squad. xD
Same 😂
I am binge watching this series. Really enjoying!!
Proud to be iraqi 😎🇮🇶 from Mesopotamia
Me to from mesopotamia 😎
If you read the text in the back it says "Nerd" in cunieform. Yes i am a nerd for looking up Sumerian cuneiform. Thanks Crash Course for letting me know what i already know. You got me interested in cuneiform. It fascinates me.
Thank goodness for Crash Course. I'm re-watching these to review for the A.P. test because they're quick, efficient, and eady to remember. In addition, they're just plain fun to watch.
Same here :) good luck!
+Ben Bradley You too.
im taking it this year, was the test hard?
Zahul Smith Not if you study throughout the year and practice the essays. Crash Course also really helped. I watched every episode the day before the test, and got a 5.
+Ronin Elenion can anyone? please tell the ignorant masses what the AP test is
I remember at the beginning of the year when I thought I'd study from the book instead, now here I am taking a page of notes for each video
Thank you Crash Course. Your professor, staff and John Green do an admirable job of making basic history easy to understand and fun, therefore memorable. This piece, on Mesopotamia, was neither particularly awesome nor awful, though I do wish you had confounded those two words for their etymological relation, i.e. signifying the same thing. Of course, we plebeians will always look for what could be better, as is the design of we living things. All my best in future endeavors.
My class just got assigned to watch this video, and I learned a lot from this. Thank you, Mr. Green.
This was great. I'm Assyrian and I learned a great deal in this 10 minutes. Would love to see more.
Amazing series. Well done!!!
The people of Assyria are still here, and today were centered around the Nineveh Plains. Almost 4 million of us are scattered all over the world because the state of diaspora we have been forced into. Before the Sykes-Picot agreement we were under Ottoman rule, and before that the caliphate. The Russian Empire of the 18th century declared to be the protectors of the Christians in the Middle East, and eventually in 1914 the Russians left the fight, and the transferring of Armenians along with the genocide they suffered we put up a fight but when you run out of ammunition, and the supplier is no longer there, then the fights pretty much over if your facing the ottoman, and Persian armies along with kurdish and Arab tribes.
Today we as a people, and a nation are without a country but we have the Nineveh Plains. The infrastructure is in its infancy and is threatened by absorption into the Kurdish controlled regions. My intentions are to make you aware of our existence here in the modern world. Assyrians are all over the world and we know that being the indigenous people of the region is a threat because of the rightful land claims. The Assyrian people are predominantly Christian and have an established church that dates back to the Apostle Thomas in particular. If you'd look up "Jubail Church" you can see the structure of what was once an Assyrian Church built inside of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Emad Hamdi too much mental effort I’m not reading that
@TheBlondie thats hot
WAIT IS THIS THE ANSWER-
Thanks for the info CrashCourse. Helped me with my h/w, and gave me a better understanding of Mesopotamia.(:
I usually judge a female historian by her globes alone.
You are why we can't have nice things.
IT WAS THE PERFECT SETUP!
I know. Maybe I just women would stop being constantly sexualized.
Yes, because if there's one job where the objectification of women is rampant, it's historians.
Zeigle Bear I know right? Come on, stop being sexualized, women!
I just found this channel., I love it ! can’t wait to watch all your videos. 😃
You are beyond brilliant John Green!
Thanks for the info CrashCourse. Helped me with h/w, and gave me a better understanding of Mesopotamia.(:
I'm learning english with these videos... Greets, from Colombia
Really interesting! Thank you for making these educational videos :)
Really well made videos, I'd love if you could add the approx dates being spoken about as a graphic overlay or something
Aww John looks so young with that messy fetus-Justin-Bieber-like hair cut.
+Melissa Cruz With great floof comes great responsibility.
"You may be smart kid, but I've been smart longer." Using it
this guy seems to be professional of his job, go on, you've did excellent videos, btw thanks!
The "iraq" part had me dead. I'm such a dork.
Love the when he said "You might be smart kid, but I've been smart longer" lol dude 😁😁😁
I just love how he spelled out "nerd" in the cuneiform.
I love this so much brings me back to the good old days
stop scrolling down the comments and pay attention to the video ;)
embeats No
No thx
okay mooooom
ok :(
thank you I needed this
Very useful video. As a history teacher in Thailand teaching bilingual Thai students I've found that these shows help me gain a better understanding of the period I'm teaching while at the same time I find it disappointing that I can't use these videos to help educate my students unless they are played in slow motion at the rate of about 1 tenth of the current speed... If you ever decide to take the opposite approach and make a simplified 'Crash Course' it would effectively put me out of business but I think my students would like it and benefit from it haha. Good luck and keep the vids coming!
Eyes out for Hammurabi.
Thank you for the open letter to awesome. It is overused and you are the second person who has been able to articulate that feeling well. "Awesome" is like the numinous. There is something truly terrifying, or benevolent, or awful (another nuanced word!) about something awesome. Also, I am guilty of overusing awesome, but it is such an awesome word!
8 years ago....
Jesus, I feel much older than I should. I watched these during my AP World History class, feels like it was both yesterday and forever since then.
I can't find any evidence that the Assyrians thought the world would end if they weren't constantly at war. Source?
"You might be smart, but I've been smart longer" haha savage
Yes crash course, I am a nerd! It took me forever to figure out what the board said, but after a bit of research I figured it out!!!
P.S. Thank you for being here and helping students like myself.
Keep being great!
amazing way of learning n spreading knowledge!
AP WORLD 2016!!!! LET'S GO!!!
Bruh I wish you luck this Thursday. I just started studying tonight lol
+Greg Smith me tooooo
Really loving the on going Mongols exception joke
Wow, I didn't realize that you are the writer of The Fault in Our Stars until now. Though you speak pretty fast, this course is fantastic!!! Thank you for sharing world history with us.
Proud to be Mesopotemian