ТАЙНЫ ВАВИЛОНА: ОЧАГ ЦИВИЛИЗАЦИИ, ПИСЬМЕННОСТЬ, БАШНЯ, ПОТОП и КТО ИЗОБРЕЛ ВРЕМЯ

Open a business savings account at Alfa-Bank and earn income on any amount—even from just one ruble. Alfa-Bank is the best bank for business* - https://alfa.me/9rYDxh 😎 Subscribe to the channel: https://t.ly/Ae5k 🎩 I started a Telegram channel: https://t.me/borisosnova Olga Popova's Telegram channel: https://t.me/SmartBabylonia Support us: On Boosty (Russian card): https://boosty.to/osnovachannel On Patreon (international card):   / osnovachannel   OSNOVA on social media: Osnova. Briefly:    / @osnovashorts   VK: https://vk.com/osnovachannel Zen: https://dzen.ru/osnovachannel TikTok:   / osnovachannel   Instagram**:   / osnovachannel   Yandex.Music: https://music.yandex.ru/album/37863161 Four thousand years ago, a wife wrote to her merchant husband, who had moved a thousand kilometers away: "You promised to send silver. Our eldest daughter is getting married, and I can't afford the dowry. Our neighbor's husband is also a merchant – and she's already doubled the size of her house!" These letters were preserved on clay tablets, and they're just like the ones we encounter: grievances, manipulation, hints about a second family, and "Who's that living there that doesn't like my fabrics?" All this took place at the very time and place where human civilization was born—in Ancient Mesopotamia. We discussed this with Olga Popova, a historian and specialist in this topic. Why are there exactly 60 minutes in an hour, and what does Babylon have to do with it? Is it true that writing wasn't invented by poets, but by accountants—to count sheep? What number did Sumerian scribes fear as much as we fear 13? Did the Tower of Babel exist? What was the first complaint in human history—the one about copper? And where did the Babylonians get the myth of the flood, where the gods created man? This episode is epic and captivating. Watch it! 0:00 - Main questions of the episode 0:37 - Support us with likes! 0:46 - Who invented that there are 60 minutes in an hour 2:49 - How they came up with dividing time into months and 7 days of the week 5:27 - Phobia of the number 19 6:57 - Where and how Mesopotamia appeared 9:26 - What is civilization 10:47 - The territory of Mesopotamia 12:01 - The invention that gave birth to civilization 13:22 - Sedentary economy and demography 15:49 - Surplus and planning 17:58 - The emergence of the army and managers 18:44 - The emergence of gods and fortune tellers 19:40 - The emergence of artisans and administration 20:21 - How surplus gave birth to writing 21:49 - Calculator for sheep 23:20 - Cryptograms and the development of writing 26:13 - The emergence of words and letters 27:34 - Systematization of writing 30:03 - How the letter A appeared 30:50 - What the Sumerian letter A looked like 32:15 - How many times can a clay tablet be used 33:16 - Babylon, Akkadians, Sumerians, Hittites - who are they all 33:49 - Sumerians 34:20 - Akkadians 35:58 - The rise of Sumer 38:18 - Amorites 39:02 - The rise of Babylon 40:06 - Assyria 42:07 - Hurrians 43:13 - How many signs are there in the Sumerian language 43:48 - The real Tower of Babel 46:00 - Why were ziggurats needed? 47:38 - Life in Babylon 48:07 - Why are ziggurats so strange? 49:19 - How were they built? Ziggurats 50:13 - Goddess Ishtar 51:03 - Goddess Inanna 51:41 - Texts about Goddesses 52:51 - Patron God of Cities 53:36 - Myths of Mesopotamia 56:07 - How Fortune Telling Was Invented 57:01 - People Didn't Take Credit for Technological Achievements 58:13 - The Real Gilgamesh 1:00:27 - The Story of Gilgamesh's Journey 1:03:07 - PR Epic 1:04:35 - The First Complaint 1:08:06 - Reading Nanni's Complaint 1:09:51 - Everyday Texts 1:10:53 - Ashurian Letters 1:13:16 - Comparison with Birch Bark Letters 1:13:51 - Erotica in Mesopotamia 1:15:29 - Texts of Exile Spirits 1:17:22 - What People Bought and Other Clay Texts 1:19:15 - The Flood Myth 1:26:23 - Thanks for watching! *According to the Business Internet Banking Rank 2025 study, Alfa-Bank's online banking for small and micro businesses was recognized as the best in terms of customer experience in the "Internet Bank as a Platform" user scenario block among the study participants. Markswebb Rank and Report LLC, 2025. Alfa-Bank JSC. OGRN: 1027700067328, 107078, Moscow, Kalanchevskaya St., 27. General license of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation No. 1326 dated January 16, 2015. Details at alfabank.ru *designated as extremist and blocked in Russia as a Meta product** ***designated as an extremist organization #foundation #babylon #mesopotamia #history #science