The Knowledge Of The First Civilizations Dr Irving Finkel

Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum joins John Michael Godier to discuss the origins of ancient Sumerian writing, the development of cuneiform tablets, and the early flood myths that shaped the world’s oldest known stories.. . Finkel explains how the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh and the Babylonian Flood Tablet predate the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark, revealing how ideas about divine floods, survival, and human memory first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia.. . Dr. Irving Finkel. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG132564. https://thegreatdiaryproject.co.uk/. . 00:00 – Introduction: Dr. Irving Finkel and the British Museum. 02:00 – How the First Writing Systems Began. 05:30 – Pictographs, Trade, and the Birth of Communication. 09:45 – The Invention of Cuneiform. 13:00 – Sumerian: The First Known Language. 17:10 – How Babylonian and Akkadian Evolved from Sumerian. 21:00 – Language Connections from Mesopotamia to Hebrew and Arabic. 24:15 – Commerce and the Spread of Early Writing. 28:40 – The Role of Writing in Civilization. 33:00 – The Origins of the Flood Myths. 36:15 – A Babylonian Story Older Than the Bible. 40:00 – Historical Memory of Real Floods in Mesopotamia. 44:20 – The Fear of Floods and the Psychology of Ancient Myths. 48:30 – From Babylon to the Bible: How the Flood Story Traveled. 52:45 – The Shape of the Ark: Circle or Square?. 56:10 – Why the Biblical Ark May Have Been a Mistranslation. 59:40 – Flood Stories Around the World. 1:03:10 – Missionaries and the Global Spread of Flood Legends. 1:06:30 – The Babylonian World Map and Ancient Cosmology. 1:10:00 – How Ancient Mesopotamians Understood the Earth. 1:14:00 – Geometry, Circles, and the Ark’s Design. 1:18:00 – Lessons from the First Civilizations. 1:21:20 – The Legacy of Ancient Knowledge and Why It Endures. 1:25:00 – Closing Reflections: Preserving Humanity’s First Stories. . YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz3qvETKooktNgCvvheuQDw/join. Podcast: hhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/john-michael-godier/subscribe. Apple: https://apple.co/3CS7rjT. . More JMG . https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnMichaelGodier. . Want to support the channel?. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShow. . Follow us at other places!. @JMGEventHorizon. . Music:. https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/. https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/. https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/. https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com/. . FOOTAGE:. NASA. ESA/Hubble. ESO – M.Kornmesser. ESO – L.Calcada. ESO – Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org). NAOJ. University of Warwick. Goddard Visualization Studio. Langley Research Center. Pixabay