1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Euphrates River 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Hey, I got a new lesson for you about ancient Mesopotamia 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Euphrates River and the Tigris River formed the cradle of civilization 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Arcadians long ago conquered Sumer, took control 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Sargon led his armies in their chariots 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:27,000 They roamed by the Euphrates River 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,000 By the Persian gulfs where they found 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,160 Found ancient ruins underground 9 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,140 Archaeologists did lots of excavations down 10 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:35,840 By the Euphrates River 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,520 By the Euphrates River 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,259 By the Euphrates River 13 00:00:39,259 --> 00:00:40,939 Both the Euphrates River 14 00:00:40,939 --> 00:00:43,060 And the Tigris River used to flood 15 00:00:43,060 --> 00:00:44,840 Bringing lots of fertile mud 16 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,179 But the problem was that water washed away the crops 17 00:00:48,179 --> 00:00:49,840 Stems and levees made it stop 18 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,560 When it was dry they'd irrigate 19 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,700 Fighting over water led to war 20 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:55,000 Between the city states 21 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,759 Uniform is ancient writing 22 00:00:57,759 --> 00:01:01,179 The tells of Sumer's city-states were always fighting 23 00:01:01,179 --> 00:01:05,120 They were the first civilization in Mesopotamia 24 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,579 Then came the Akkadians who started Empire Mania 25 00:01:08,579 --> 00:01:12,239 Akkadians, long ago, conquered Sumer, took control 26 00:01:12,239 --> 00:01:15,299 Sagan led his armies in their chariots, they roared 27 00:01:15,299 --> 00:01:17,000 By the Eurydice River 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:24,340 Near the Persian Gulfs where they found 29 00:01:24,340 --> 00:01:26,000 Ancient ruins underground 30 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Archaeologists did lots of excavation down by the Euphrates River 31 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,280 King Sargon got real old, told his sons to take the throne 32 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,120 But the huge Akkadian Empire would fall out of their control 33 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,079 Then came Hammurabi who would take full command 34 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:51,280 Hammurabi was the king of the Babylonians, man 35 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,739 And Babylonia was the land where they told you 36 00:01:55,739 --> 00:02:00,219 You obey Hammurabi's code, praise Hammurabi's code 37 00:02:00,219 --> 00:02:03,500 Break Hammurabi's code and you'll be saying, oh no 38 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:07,040 Akkadians long ago, Gankutsuma took control 39 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,060 Sagan led his armies in their chariots they rode 40 00:02:10,060 --> 00:02:11,840 By the Euphrates River 41 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:19,180 Near the Persian Gulfs where they found 42 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:20,879 Ancient ruins underground 43 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:30,780 Archaeologists did lots of excavations down by the Uvranes River 44 00:02:30,780 --> 00:02:34,379 Babylonians built roads, they traded grain for gold 45 00:02:34,379 --> 00:02:44,680 They kept themselves united under Hammurabi's Code 46 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,879 Which was a bunch of laws, they believed it had no flaws 47 00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:49,580 They obeyed it just because 48 00:02:49,580 --> 00:02:51,259 They thought Hammurabi was 49 00:02:51,259 --> 00:02:52,500 Chosen by the gods 50 00:02:52,500 --> 00:03:00,240 Acadians long ago 51 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,860 Conquered Sumer took control 52 00:03:01,860 --> 00:03:04,240 Sagan led his armies in their chariots 53 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:05,699 They roamed by the U 54 00:03:05,699 --> 00:03:07,500 By the U 55 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:09,199 By the U 56 00:03:09,199 --> 00:03:13,979 Near the Persian Gulfs where they found 57 00:03:13,979 --> 00:03:15,659 Ancient ruins underground 58 00:03:15,659 --> 00:03:20,379 Archaeologists did lots of excavations down by the Euphrates River 59 00:03:20,379 --> 00:03:22,080 By the Euphrates River 60 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,840 By the Euphrates River 61 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,580 By the Euphrates River 62 00:03:25,580 --> 00:03:35,669 Euphrates River 63 00:03:35,669 --> 00:03:40,370 Mesopotamia