SOSC 1731 Lecture 2: SOSC 1732 Mesopotamia Notes
30 Mar 2016
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This episode examines the culture of the ancient sumerians, who once lived in an area that"s now part of iraq. Some historians believe that these people built the world"s earliest civilization. Search for garden of eden starts @ mesopotamia. First place to have humankind, 3 great civilization of ancient world babylon, assyria, and sumer. 6000 years ago, one of first civilizations was iraq/mesopotamia. Two men traveling near jerusalem with sheep see a cave. Sees wreckage of ancient pots, leather scrolls, papaya sheets not touched since time of jesus. Writings by jewish sect become the dead sea scrolls, & eventually unearthed. Old version of old testament, including torah - Bible read by two points of view: historical and sacred. Torah written by hand, words read aloud as scribe writes. Each torah is considered holy as soon as it"s written. Historical accuracy of bible can"t be confirmed. Urge to explore biblical history is a tradition.
