Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization

Uncovering Near Eastern Civilization

Season 1 • Episode 1

Natufian Villagers and Early Settlements

Season 1 • Episode 2

Neolithic Farming, Trading, and Pottery

Season 1 • Episode 3

Eridu and Other Towns in the Ubaid Period

Season 1 • Episode 4

Uruk, the World's Biggest City

Season 1 • Episode 5

Mesopotamia's First Kings and the Military

Season 1 • Episode 6

Early Dynastic Workers and Worshipers

Season 1 • Episode 7

Lugalzagesi of Umma and Sargon of Akkad

Season 1 • Episode 8

Akkadian Empire Arts and Gods

Season 1 • Episode 9

The Fall of Akkad and Gudea of Lagash

Season 1 • Episode 10

Ur III Households, Accounts, and Ziggurats

Season 1 • Episode 11

Migrants and Old Assyrian Merchants

Season 1 • Episode 12

Royalty and Palace Intrigue at Mari

Season 1 • Episode 13

War and Society in Hammurabi's Time

Season 1 • Episode 14

Justice in the Old Babylonian Period

Season 1 • Episode 15

The Hana Kingdom and Clues to a Dark Age

Season 1 • Episode 16

Princess Tadu-Hepa, Diplomacy, and Marriage

Season 1 • Episode 17

Land Grants and Royal Favor in Mittani

Season 1 • Episode 18

The Late Bronze Age and the End of Peace

Season 1 • Episode 19

Assyria Ascending

Season 1 • Episode 20

Ashurbanipal's Library and Gilgamesh

Season 1 • Episode 21

Neo-Assyrian Empire, Warfare, and Collapse

Season 1 • Episode 22

Babylon and the New Year's Festival

Season 1 • Episode 23

End of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Season 1 • Episode 24