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ANCIENT IRAQ – FANTASTIC FIRSTS

Fantastic Firsts: Writing

Did you know Ancient Iraqis developed the world's first writing system? Mesopotamians developed the world's first writing system over five thousand years ago. Watch this video to see how and why they developed it.

Fantastic Firsts: Schools

Did you know the first schools in the world have been found in Ancient Iraq? Mesopotamian children went to school at around 5-7 years of age. Watch this video to see what they learned and what their classrooms were like.

Ancient Iraq - Fantastic Firsts: Time

Have you ever wondered why there are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour? Watch to see how the people of Ancient Iraq developed how we today record time.

Ancient Iraq - Fantastic Firsts: Cities

Have you ever wondered how people of different cultures got along in ancient times? Multiculturalism is not a modern concept, Ancient Iraq was the bridge between eastern and western culture.

Ancient Iraq - Fantastic Firsts: Multicultural Iraq

Have you ever wondered how people of different cultures got along in ancient times? Multiculturalism is not a modern concept, Ancient Iraq was the bridge between eastern and western culture.

Ancient Iraq - Fantastic Firsts: Parthian Riders

Have you ever heard of the Parthian Riders? Everyone has heard of Nottingham’s famous archer Robin Hood but did you know Ancient Iraq had their own highly skilled archers on horseback known as the Parthian Riders.

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ANCIENT IRAQ – FANTASTIC FIRSTS

Fantastic Firsts: Writing

Fantastic Firsts: Schools

Ancient Iraq - Fantastic Firsts: Time

Ancient Iraq - Fantastic Firsts: Cities

Ancient Iraq - Fantastic Firsts: Multicultural Iraq

Ancient Iraq - Fantastic Firsts: Parthian Riders

Talks

Community Reconciliation in Post-War Mosul's Old Town

Feasts of the Dead: Mortuary Ritual in the Royal Cemetery at Ur

Discovering the Sumerians

Portrait of a Ruler: the art of Gudea

Hearing the Silence of an Old Mosul

Girsu and the Sumerians

Talk: Community Reconciliation in Post-War Mosul's Old Town

The multicultural communities of Seleucid and Parthian Mesopotamia

Clash of Empires: Excavating a Parthian Outpost in the Mountains of Kurdistan

Families

Clay Treasures

FACE COVERINGS

SOCIAL DISTANCING

IF YOU'RE FEELING UNWELL

HAND SANITISER STATIONS

INCREASED CLEANING

CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

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