The Legacy of the Mesopotamians

What do we owe to the Mesopotamians? The Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians may seem very distant from our way of life, yet their legacy remains deeply present in our everyday lives: our time frame, our way of writing and communicating, our sciences, our technologies, our laws…

Véronique Grandpierre, associate professor of history, sheds light on this legacy, which has been passed down by both the Greeks and the texts of the three monotheistic religions, and on this ancient past that refuses to fade away.