Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization Episode 3, Neolithic Farming, Trading, and Pottery Episode 3, Neolithic Farming, Trading, and Pottery.

Streaming video - 2018

Though travel was dangerous, people transported valuable goods, like obsidian for knife blades, across hundreds of miles, perhaps via chains of merchants. Plunge into everyday life in Neolithic Mesopotamia, where homes and villages reflect a simple, unstratified society, but evidence of intricate pottery shows that technology was advancing and people cared about aesthetics.