8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities by Fall of Civilizations Podcast published on 2019-10-25T09:58:02Z In the dusts of Iraq, the ruins of the world's first civilization lie buried. This episode, we travel into the extremely distant past to look at the Sumerians. These ancient people invented writing and mathematics, and built some of the largest cities that the world had ever seen. Find out about the mystery of their origins, and learn how they rose from humble beginnings to form the foundation of all our modern societies. With myths, proverbs and even some recreated Sumerian music, travel back to where it all began, and find out how humanity's first civilization fell. Credits: Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas Voice Actors: Jake Barrett-Mills Rhy Brignell Shem Jacobs Nick Bradley Emily Johnson Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100209 Artist: incompetech.com/ Sumerian Music kindly provided by Gayle and Philip Neuman, of Ensemble De Organographia. Their CD, "Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks," is available from northpacificmusic.com. Genre History Podcast Comment by Sarah Dawn Burbank patreon 2022-08-30T00:25:50Z Comment by Perseus Traxx Amazing. Watched it on youtube couple of times, along with the rest of the series and your other channel. Good to find audio here too. Your voice is calming, facts are full, and delivery is spot on! 2020-10-04T03:30:10Z Comment by Sarah Burbank amazing 2020-05-24T01:18:12Z Comment by Jose Peralta 17 payment in food and beer? count me in! 2020-03-02T23:40:17Z