What the Ancients Did for Us - The Mesopotamians

Series examining the innovations of ancient civilisations. Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the greatest inventions from the world of Mesopotamia - from beer to battering rams, from batteries to sails and from writing to chariots, he shows us the lasting effect the Mesopotamians left on today's technology. Hermione Cockburn travels to the cradle of civilisation to bring the stories behind these inventive peoples.