FREE Video Library: World History
: 10 minutes or less. 
: 11- 36 minutes. 
: Over 36 min. Fun:
- Mesopotamia - The Sumerians
This video explores the fascinating history of the Sumerians, humanity’s first known civilization, whose innovations shaped the modern world. It covers their remarkable achievements, including writing, the wheel, and urban planning, as well as their mastery over nature through irrigation and agriculture. Despite their brilliance, environmental challenges and resource depletion led to their decline. The Sumerians’ legacy, preserved in myth and history, highlights the fragility and enduring impact of ancient civilizations. - The Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
The Balfour Declaration was signed in 1917. It set out British support for the creation of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. But when the Balfour declaration was signed the British had already promised Palestine to Arabs as an independent state and promised the French government that it would be an internationally administered zone – and even then, most of the land was still under Ottoman control. So why did Britain make these three conflicting promises? How did it try to resolve them? And how did Britain’s strategy in the Middle East help to cause a century of conflict?
