Nearly 3,000 years before the first pyramids of Egypt were built and almost 5,000 years before the city of Rome was founded, the Samarra culture had already established a flourishing civilization. This Copper Age culture was... Full Transcript Available at HWYN.org Want to Dive Further Into History? Support our channel with this free trial to the Great Courses Plus, where they have several courses on world history and cultures. - https://thegreatcoursesplus.7eer.net/c/1910579/366900/3896 Attributions: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Mesopotamian_Prehistorical_cultures.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Vorderasiatisches_Museum_Berlin_096.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Tigr-euph.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Reconstructed_sumerian_headgear_necklaces_british_museum.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Ur-Ningirsu_ruler_of_Lagash_portrait_circa_2110_BCE.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Prisoner_exiting_a_cage%2C_on_an_Akkadian_Empire_victory_stele_circa_2300_BCE%2C_Louvre_Museum.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Prisoner_of_the_Akkadian_Empire_period_possibly_Warka_ancient_Uruk_LOUVRE_AO_5683.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lullubi_victim_with_pointed_beard_and_long_braided_hair_(detail).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Susa_III_or_Proto-Elamite_cylinder_seal_3150-2800_BC_Louvre_Museum_Sb_6166.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Susa-destruction.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elamite_worshipper.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H%C3%A9rosma%C3%AEtrisantunlion.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3d/88/f4/3d88f4ed126472be9fc6725a50663c14.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/The_environs_of_Borujerd_%28Goldasht%29.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Couple_de_musiciens.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VAM_Nisaba_Lagasch.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20160105-Abraham_house_in_Ur_Iraq.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standard_of_Ur_-_peace_side.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mesopotamian_bronze_daggers,_axe_head_and_mattock_REM.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Puabi%27s_Headdress,_Penn_Museum.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/P1130735_Louvre_st%C3%A8le_des_Vautours_rwk.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ishtar_Eshnunna_Louvre_AO12456.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naked_woman_holding_her_breasts-Sb_7742-IMG_0880-black.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naram-Sin_Rock_Relief_at_Darband-iGawr_(extracted).jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/F0182_Louvre_Code_Hammourabi_Bas-relief_Sb8_rwk.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pergamon_Museum_Berlin_2007109.jpg