This video was uploaded to YouTube in February 2019 by the Ancient History & Archaeology YouTube channel, an educational channel. The video was made by the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. It is the 3rd in a series of educational videos.
It has that monotonal quality educational videos are so infamous for.
As YouTube lectures go this one has a good mix of graphics and images. Here is the video's description:
Quote:Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization
Lectures taught by Professor Amanda H. Podany about Ancient Mesopotamia. H. Podany is Professor of History at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She has published a number of books and articles on topics in ancient Near Eastern history, including The Ancient Near Eastern World.
Lecture 3: Neolithic Farming, Trade & Pottery
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Though travel was dangerous, people transported valuable goods, like obsidian for knife blades, across hundreds of miles, perhaps via chains of merchants. Plunge into everyday life in Neolithic Mesopotamia, where homes and villages reflect a simple, unstratified society, but evidence of intricate pottery shows that technology was advancing and people cared about aesthetics.
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Only a few years ago high-quality educational videos were hard to find. That is changing as more universities upload videos of lectures. I have watched many videos intended for computer science and machine learning students. I'm amazed at just how much high quality educational content is available online.