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In the river valley where urban society first arose several thousand years ago, my attention naturally focuses in on the moment they started building ginormous stuff. In this video we will learn two things: 1) The great Ziggurat of Ur is one of human civilization's earliest urban masterpieces, and 2) I'm impeccably basic. I am reveling in my architecture era. Special thanks to our discord community member and Levantine Archaeology extraordinaire Jacob Khan for his assistance on the script, helping me find a few key details I missed and setting me straight where my draft had some mis-characterizations and errors. Any remaining error in the video are mine. Again, thank you Jacob! SOURCES “Great Ziggurat of Ur” from “Ancient Art - 30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World” by Diana K. McDonald, “Ur III Households, Accounts, and Ziggurats” from “Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization” by Amanda H. Podany “Ur” by Marc Van De Mieroop from “Cities that Shaped the Ancient World” edited by John Julius Norwich – “Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization” by Paul Kriwaczek The White Temple and Ziggurat of Ur by SmartHistory https://smarthistory.org/white-temple-and-ziggurat-uruk/ Partial Tracklist: