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Where does history writing begin? This video has been done in collaboration with the Ancient Near Eastern Empires -centre of excellence 📜 For the first time, people started writing things over 5000 years ago in the Ancient Near East. In this video, we will dive into the beginnings of writing, in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. I visited a research centre at the University of Helsinki, where people study the oldest empires in the world, with the newest methods available to science. In the video, I share ten of the most fascinating facts I found out.
🎙️ In the video, I interview assistant professor Saana Svärd, researcher Tero Alstola, and student Caro Liikanen
For more information about the research project, visit: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgr...
Many thanks to Caro Liikanen for providing the English subtitles!