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Selina Winsome discusses how Mesopotamia's ancient innovations continue to influence the modern world.

Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World | The Ancient Civilization That Still Shapes Your Life Mesopotamia changed the world. Many of the systems you use every day began thousands of years ago between the Tigris and Euphrates. Assyriologist Selina Winsome explains why Mesopotamia was far more than the "cradle of civilization." Discover how cuneiform writing, libraries, mathematics, literature, timekeeping, and the Epic of Gilgamesh helped shape the modern world. If you're int...

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Host: Classical Wisdom

Guest: Selina Winsome

Topics covered

• Mesopotamia
• ancient civilization
• cuneiform writing
• modern world
• Assyriology
• literature
• mathematics

Keywords

• Mesopotamia
• cuneiform
• Epic of Gilgamesh
• ancient civilization
• modern systems
• Assyriology
• timekeeping

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Epic of Gilgamesh

Places: Mesopotamia, Tigris, Euphrates

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