`` Mesopotamia `` By Pirieenzo And Narrated By Simon Chilvens

A video on YouTube called â€Å"Mesopotamia† by Pirieenzo and narrated by Simon Chilvens tells the story of the Sumerians, the oldest known civilization. It is said that for nearly five thousand years, in the Iraqi desert, the Sumerians invented writing and the wheel. They divided time into minutes and seconds and built gigantic cities. The Sumerians loved culture and the arts. It is stated that their caravans crossed the desert opening up the first trade groups. The Sumerians’ stories inspired our founding myths and their memories lives on the Old Testament writing the history of the mankind. However, this brilliant civilization died leaving its very existence as a mystery. Today, fascinated stories about this civilization have been found. Genesis 2:10-15 mentioned the Tigris river that goes toward the east of Assyria and the Euphrates river. Between these two rivers is located Mesopotamia, also known as the country between two rivers. The question that many people wonder is Why this civilization developed in this part of the world? Director of Studies of the Practical School of Higher Studies, Paris, Jean-Claude Margueron, states that â€Å"We think that it began with the Greek civilization that influenced the development of classical civilizations.† Mesopotamians used the water from the Tigris and Euphrates river to irrigate their geographical area. Having agriculture, they lack of wood, stone, and metal resources. Baghdad, the capital of Iraqi, is the heritage of the Sumerian