Civilisations: The Gardens of Babel (2001)
• January 1st, 2001 • 0h 52min
History, Documentary
Overview
Mesopotamia was the site of the Sumerian civilisation, which flourished at the confluence of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. From 5000 to 2000 BC, the Sumerians flourished in a hostile environment by developing agriculture and irrigation and they opened up the trade routes of the ancient world. It was the Sumerians who invented writing and the wheel, and they first divided time into minutes and seconds. In the end however the Babylonian civilisation took the place of the Sumerians. However their heritage and myths live on in the Mediterranean and Western worlds to this day.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
In France with Madonna
Released on: 2022-10-17
Documentary, TV Movie
France is at the heart of Madonna's life. She is inspired by French culture and its values and has s...
Amadeus
Released on: 1984-09-19
History, Music, Drama
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
Railway Station
Released on: 1980-01-01
Documentary
Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. M...
Postmodernism: The Substance of Style
Released on: 2011-09-24
Documentary
This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Rober...
A Sense of Beauty
Released on: 2024-08-23
Documentary
Documentary by Celine Danhier shows the creation of the '25 pre-fall Oscar de la Rente collection. W...
Fashion As A Social Control
Released on: 1976-01-01
Documentary
A look at the ways fashion has been used to socially control women in Canada, both historically and ...
Sierra Quitiquit: How Did I Get Here
Released on: 2015-12-15
Documentary
From humble beginnings, complex family dynamics and tragic, life-changing events, to her unlikely ri...
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Released on: 2002-08-02
Comedy, Documentary
The controversial bad-boy of comedy delivers a piercing look at his life, lifting the metaphorical s...
Peace
Released on: 2010-01-05
Documentary
What is peace? What is coexistence? And what are the basis for them? PEACE is a visual-essay-like ob...
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
Released on: 1999-01-01
Documentary, History
Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in ...
The Artist Is Absent : A Short Film On Martin Margiela
Released on: 2015-04-15
Documentary
The Artist Is Absent reveals the true face of the enigmatic Belgian designer who appears here as nev...
The September Issue
Released on: 2009-08-28
Documentary
A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashio...
Metamorphosis
Released on:
Documentary, Drama
Metamorphosis is a documentary-style film giving the true account Bill Troester and the transformati...
We Remember Marilyn
Released on: 1996-01-01
Documentary
We Remember Marilyn. Marilyn Monroe transforms from Norma Jean, a cuddly teenager, into the most rec...
We Margiela
Released on: 2017-10-26
Documentary
We Margiela tells the untold and intimate story of the enigmatic and singular fashion house Maison M...
The Bikini Open 5
Released on: 1991-01-01
Documentary
THE BIKINI OPEN is a special-event, retro series featuring the best swimsuit, fitness, bikini, and m...
Your Chance to Live: Flood
Released on: 1973-06-01
Documentary
Dramatizes the plight of a young adventure seeker whose canoe is capsized by a wall of water during ...