Assyria and the Birth of Writing
Moudhy Al-Rashid takes Dan through the history of the fertile crescent; the crucible of European civilisation. They discuss the different culture of the region, how & why writing developed, & why she thinks this part of history has often been n...
Dan Snow's History Hit · History Hit
July 6, 202128m 7s
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Show Notes
It is often the case that it is assumed that it was in ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean that was host to the foundation of European politics, culture, economics and engineering. But in fact, the development of sophisticated civilisations, writing cultures, complex technologies and sciences occurred over millennia in the fertile crescent in the ancient civilisations of Assyria, Sumer, Babylon and the Akkadian Empire. These are the crucible of our world today to champion this often-underappreciated part of human history Moudhy Al-Rashid an Assyriologist from Oxford University. She takes Dan through the history of this vitally important region, how and why writing developed, and why she thinks this part of history has often been neglected.
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