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Archive by Era: Mesopotamian

  1. Akhenaten

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten.

  2. Archaeology and Imperialism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the link between archaeology and imperialism.

  3. Babylon

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the truth behind the empire of Babylon.

  4. The Alphabet

    Melvyn Bragg investigates how sounds turned into signs and signs became the alphabet.

  5. The Calendar

    Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient origins of our Gregorian calendar.

  6. The Library at Nineveh

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a treasure house of Assyrian ideas.

  7. Zoroastrianism

    The history of Zoroastrianism, claimed to be the first monotheistic religion.

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