History of the Sumerians: Sumerian civilization and Sumerian mythology. Everything in brief in an hour. Lecturer: Vlad Kava, founder of the White Coffee school of philosophy and thinking. Art critic and theologian. Public figure. Lecturer's personal channel: / @vlad_kava 👉 Lecture topics: 00:00:00 Introduction to the lecture. Is Ancient Greece really the foundation of our civilization? 00:04:07 The Fertile Crescent and the Neolithic Revolution 00:05:33 Where were the Sumerians? The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 00:06:28 The Sumerians and Ancient Egypt. What do they have in common? 00:08:10 Where did the Sumerians live? 00:08:34 What did the Sumerians invent? 00:08:42 What did the Sumerians know? 00:08:53 The Sumerian language. Why is it unique? 00:09:05 Where did the Sumerians come from? 00:09:41 What did the ancient Sumerians look like? Sumerian statues 00:11:00 Why do Sumerian sculptures have big eyes? A question for you and my theory 00:12:28 The gods of the Sumerians 00:13:45 The culture of Sumer 00:14:20 Where were the cities of the Sumerians located? 00:14:37 Why did the gods create the Sumerians? 00:15:04 The Sumerian civilization 00:16:17 What was the Sumerian city-state? 00:18:42 Sumerian clay tablets. What is written on the Sumerian tablets? 00:18:54 The library of Ashurbanipal 00:19:26 What is cuneiform? Cuneiform writing of the Sumerians 00:20:40 Sumer and Akkad 00:21:15 The national question in the bilingual state of Sumer 00:21:48 What does the word Sumerian mean? What did the Sumerians call themselves? 00:22:26 Stress in the word Sumer. For grammar Nazis 00:23:03 Religion of the Sumerians 00:23:57 What is the name of the Sumerian temple? 00:25:00 Who headed the Sumerian state? 00:25:39 What was the faith of the Sumerians? What do their myths say? 00:27:04 Architecture of the Sumerians. The White Temple in Uruk 00:27:18 What is a ziggurat? 00:27:30 Why were ziggurats built? 00:27:41 What did a ziggurat look like? 00:28:13 How was a ziggurat built? 00:28:48 What does a ziggurat symbolize? 00:29:19 The standard of war and peace. The standard of Ur 00:29:46 How are ziggurats different from pyramids? 00:30:10 The number 3 and the number 7 in a ziggurat 00:30:25 The Etemenanki ziggurat or the Tower of Babel 00:31:02 Babylon during the time of Nebuchadnezzar. The Gate of the Goddess Ishtar 00:32:03 The rules of life of a Sumerian 00:33:08 The Sumerian calendar 00:33:37 The astrology of the Sumerians 00:35:28 Why did the Sumerian civilization disappear? 00:36:23 Sumerian astronomy as the meaning of Sumerian culture 00:38:06 Anunnaki gods and the hierarchy of Sumerian gods 00:42:52 The structure of Sumerian society 00:43:44 Capitalism and liberalism among the Sumerians? 00:44:47 The social structure of Sumerian society 00:45:14 Trade as the main part of Sumerian culture 00:46:32 The king of the Sumerians. His election and his functions in the city 00:49:24 Why did the democracy of the Sumerians change to totalitarianism? Why was Caesar killed? 00:51:17 How did the Sumerian civilization expand and change 00:53:58 Who were the Sumerians? What makes them unique? 00:54:26 The afterlife of the Sumerians 00:58:22 Let's sum it up. The Meaning of Sumerian Civilization 00:59:23 The Epic of Gilgamesh. What is the Meaning of Human Life? The Answer of the Sumerian Gods Anunnaki Sumerians Anunnaki Sumerian Civilization Sumerian Tales Sumerians and Anunnaki Anunnaki Sumerian Documentary