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Section 4: Leaving Africa and Settling Down
First Peoples
Great Human Odyssey
The Incredible Human Journey
Journey of Man
Section 5: The Neolithic Revolution
Stories from the Stone Age, Episode 2: Urban Dream
Food, Science, and the Human Body, Episode 8: The Neolithic Evolution
Kid’s Animated History with Pipo, Episode 13: Mesopotamia, Part 1
The Big History of Civilizations, Episode 4: Origins of Agriculture
Section 6: Inventions and Innovators
The Big History of Civilizations, Episode 7: Innovations of Mesopotamia
Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World, Episode 2: The Potter’s Wheel and Metallurgy
Mankind The Story of All of Us, Season 1, Episode 1: Inventors
Early Civilization & The History of Writing
Peoples II: Sumerians
Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization
Kingdoms of Sumeria
The Roots of Western Civilization, Season 1, Episode 1: Civilization as Presented in the Epic of Gilgamesh
Early Civilization & The History of Writing
