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FREE Academy. History of Mesopotamia

Starting date: February 4, 2025

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Key Points

  • 4 lesson of 45 mins duration + final questions/talking
  • Professional teaching stuff: Final survey for check your training level
  • You will have Access to On Demand course lessons Recordings
  • Final certificate of participation for participants who will attend all lessons

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Course Description

In this course we look into the ancient history of Mesopotamia. We shall look at how and when the first cities developed in Mesopotamia from about 5000 BC. Hereby, we will look at houses, cities, and palaces. We will also see how the first empires developed: the kingdoms of Sumeria, Babylonia and Assyria. And finally, we shall look into their writing system: cuneiform.

Lesson 1 - The Earliest Civilisation

February 4th, 2025

In this lesson we shall look at how and when the first cities developed in Mesopotamia from about 5000 BC. We will look at houses, cities, and palaces.

Duration: approximately 1h
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Lesson 2 - Sumeria

February 11th, 2025

In this lesson we shall look at the Sumerian civilisation: the first major civilisation that developed in the Near East. How did the civilisation develop? And what major finds are known from the Sumerian period?

Duration: approximately 1h
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Lesson 3 - Assyria and Babylonia

February 18th, 2025

In this lesson we shall look at the kingdoms of Assyria and Babylonia. How did the kingdoms develop? And how did these civilisations influence later ancient civilisations like those of the Greeks and Romans?
Duration: approximately 1h
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Lesson 4 - Cuneiform Script

February 25th, 2025

In this lesson we shall look at the first known script: the cuneiform script from Mesopotamia. What was cuneiform used for? And how was it deciphered?
Duration: approximately 1h
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FREE Academy - History of Mesopotamia Lesson 1 - 2025-02-04T17:52:26Z.mp4

FREE Academy - History of Mesopotamia Lesson 2 - 2025-02-11T17:54:59Z.mp4

FREE Academy - History of Mesopotamia Lesson 3 - 2025-02-18T17:52:29Z.mp4

FREE Academy - History of Mesopotamia Lesson 4 - 2025-02-25T17:52:04Z.mp4

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LAUNCH QUIZ
Martine Diepenbroek - WVT CLASSICIST AND ANCIENT HISTORIAN, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG. BROAD KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK, ROMAN, MESOPOTAMIAN AND EGYPTIAN HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND CULTURE.

Tutor: Dr. Martine Diepenbroek

Dr. Martine Diepenbroek is a Dutch classicist and historian of antiquity, working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Johannesburg. She specializes in communications security and secret messaging in the ancient world and has published several articles and a book. As a historian, she also has extensive knowledge of Greek, Roman, Mesopotamian and Egyptian history, archaeology and culture.

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