Unknown history of Sumer and Mesopotamia. Origins of modern civilization | Episode 2

Have you ever wondered why all ancient history books start around the 4th millenium BC from Mesopotamia and the Sumer civilization? Why are we told that everything that was before the #Sumerians were mere ‘cultures’, whereas the Sumerians brought civilization and city-states? In this video watch how the history of Sumer began, what their society was like, where their culture and knowledge originated from, how they ran their states, what Sumer religion was and more. Sumerian literature, the #epicofgilgamesh, #sumerianrecords and mythology intertwined with religion affected the worldview of the Mesopotamians and the successors of their literary heritage up to nowadays. They created the role models of human-like Gods, heros and savages for people to imitate. Thus, the primary goal of human existence was substituted. They implanted the idea that the purpose of human life was to work for ‘gods’. That is to work for El and his Elite. Devote all your life and attention to the external. These traditions have