these are torn is located on the royal road that once lengthy iranian plateau to mesopotamia, king doris the 1st, to build the commercial route in the 5th century, b. e. more than 2500 kilometers long, it was intended to facilitate communication across his vast empire. with this bass relief more than 15 meters high and 25 meters wide, depicts doris holding a bow with his foot on the chest of a man lying on his back in front of him. roughly 1200 lines long. the inscription tells the story of how doris defeated the 9 lying kings who had tried to defy the persian empire. the monumental relief carved on the cliff about 60 meters above the plain was meant to send a message to his subjects. i'm to future generations embracing past and present the people of iran live in harmony with their changing landscapes. ah ah. ah, small acts can inspire big changes, meet the people breaking a possible is go africa joined them as they set out to save the environment, learn from one another and work together for a better future. ah many thoughts to you all for tuning it for go in 30 minutes on d. w. o . to

speaking christians and even the arabic speaking christians who were, of course, in the love aunt in mesopotamia and here you have the earliest primitive christian communities individually the large centers of christianity. my background as an assyrian christian traces its roots into that part of the world and it's not very well known. mostly because, like i said, a lot of the theology was expressed in the greek world and also in the latin world, what you have, as part of the christianity, a tremendous treasure of writings, of church fathers, of poetry, of terminology, of people of the syrian, who really were able to capture the eternal truths of christianity or poetry. through theological writings. from these communities, you have a number of churches that flourish and among them is e orthodox. the eastern orthodox, which also traces its roots in a very run-on, but still as part of this experience of the christians who were eastern orthodox. my father said, you would find them and i rock, and even in the iran and lebanon and syria. my f■amily, my great-randfather was an orthodox priest. >> okay

these are touring, is located on the royal road that once lengthy iranian plateau to mesopotamia, king doris the 1st to build the commercial route in the 5th century b. e. more than 2500 kilometers long, it was intended to facilitate communication across his vast empire. with this bass relief more than 15 meters high and 25 meters wide, depict stories holding a bow with his foot on the chest of a man lying on his back in front of him. roughly 1200 lines long. the inscription tells the story of how doris defeated the 9 lying kings who had tried to divide the persian empire. the monumental relief carved on the cliff about 60 meters above the plain was meant to send a message to his subjects. i'm to future generations. embracing pulsed and present the people of iran live in harmony with their changing landscapes. ah ha, tax hikes for millionaires. one millionaire is demanding just that her wealth could help others, especially during the pandemic. but that doesn't mean that the rest of the super rich are ready to pay up. there are different views as to who should profit them wealth from th

these are touring, is located on the royal road that once lengthy iranian plateau to mesopotamia, king doris the 1st to build the commercial route in the 5th century b. e. more than 2500 kilometers long, it was intended to facilitate communication across his vast empire. with this bass relief more than 15 meters high and 25 meters wide, depicts doris holding a bow with his foot on the chest of a man lying on his back in front of him. roughly 1200 lines long. the inscription tells the story of how doris defeated the 9 lying kings who had tried to divide the persian empire. the monumental relief carved on the cliff about 60 meters above the plain was meant to send a message to his subjects. i'm to future generations embracing past and present the people of iran live in harmony with their changing landscapes. ah . how to eat without feeling guilty about the impact on the atlanta? according to german food pioneers, if possible, they are creating environmentally friendly alternatives for popular foods in the kitchen. and the laboratory. is this the solution to a growing mobile hobby, leisur

and tells the story of a legendary hero named gilgamesh who is said to have ruled mesopotamia some 2000 years before the christian era. he was elevated in subsequent su marian mythology as a god. in 1991 during the 1st gulf war, 9 of iraq's regional museums were looted up to 4000 items were stolen or destroyed, including some that were thousands of years old, like the good gamut tablet. it was bought by a us based christian arts and crafts retailer in 2014 for display in its museum of biblical artifacts. it was later seized by the u. s. department of justice. according to the u. s. cultural agency, eunice co, it entered the u. s. in 2007. got your 40 say they're happy to have it back. now, i've been lo. this template is laden with deep symbolism and 2 respects its own intrinsic value and then, and what it means to retrieve it. with all the efforts that have been deployed by the government in this regard, it's a message to all those who smuggled our artifacts and oxen them. they should know that will end up retrieving what they had stolen. the rockies may appreciate the u . s. initiative

battery, so he was dealing with the guns, moving them and transporting them, using them, based in mesopotamiae german navalforce. around 6% of the british forces who fought in the first world war were from punjab and for over a century the records of 320,000 of these soldiers have been lying in a museum in pakistan. translation: during world war i these registers were written by hand and maintained. these records contain information such as the name of the soldier, his rank, his address and whether he was injured or was martyred in the war or whether he had completed his service and had retired. and after years of correspondence and relationship building with the lahore war museum, this man from the punjab heritage association finally managed to gain access to these rare records. it's been a very long process working with the war museum to get these records digitised, just because they are vast, they run to some 26,000 pages which took about four years working with them to get everything cleanly digitised and then brought over to the uk and then we spent about a year transcribing them into th

because all the discoveries made about syria and iraq, about the presence of mesopotamia, the great civilizations that flourished the invention of writing the origin of the teacher. and so many technological advances, all that was actually on until the 2nd half of the 19th century. and we had to rather just had the books of the hebrew bible, the old testament, as christians call it back all wrapped up in legend at home. but that is regarding the semi medicine grids as well. so before about the 8th and 9th century b. c. the past was if there was any sense of that at all, was just really in the midst of knowing. but just r b r a g of the middle east from round about mid of the 19th century has revealed to us quite literally thousands of years of civilized nations about in miss pertaining also in a rep and i'm civilization in this valley. the other, the civilization of china learning much, much more about egypt and civilization, taking us back. we are 4000 years before rogers and the old testament. and that's pretty remarkable is that only got a ball rolling and the ball rolling was a discovery of t

these are torn is located on the royal road that once lengthy iranian plateau to mesopotamia, king doris, the 1st built the commercial route in the 5th century, b. e. more than 2500 kilometers long, it was intended to facilitate communication across his bossed empire. with this bass relief more than 15 meters high and 25 meters wide, depicts doris holding a bow with his foot on the chest of a man lying on his back in front of him. roughly 1200 lines long. the inscription tells the story of how doris defeated the 9 lying kings who had tried to divide the persian empire. the monumental relief carved on the cliff about 60 meters above the plain was made to send a message to his subjects. i'm to future generations embracing, pulsed and present the people of iran live in harmony with their changing landscapes. ah ah ah ego india. an unequal gain, women and climate change with lower income, you are the changes unless recognition they are the was affected by its impact. but women and not just going to stand there and watch. they have tangible ideas against the consequences of global warming. eg

these are touring, is located on the royal road that once lengthy iranian plateau to mesopotamia, king doris the 1st, to build the commercial route in the 5th century. b. e. more than 2500 kilometers long, it was intended to facilitate communication across his vast empire. with this bass relief more than 15 meters high and 25 meters wide, depicts doris holding a bow with his foot on the chest of a man lying on his back in front of him. roughly 1200 lines long. the inscription tells the story of how doris defeated the 9 lying kings who had tried to divide the persian empire. the monumental relief carved on the cliff about 60 meters above the plain was meant to send a message to his subjects. i'm to future generations embracing past and present the people of iran live in harmony with their changing landscapes. ah ah ah ah the beginning of a story that moves us and takes us so long for the ride. it's all about the perspective. culture information is dw news. d w. made from mines. ah then to draw a jolly old man from the far noise on christmas eve, he brings peasants to children all over t

it goes back through mesopotamia 6000 years ago. >> anthony: potato, chickpeas, water, lamb; cooked togethert today? it's a home-cooking culture. i mean -- >> farrokh: yes. we didn't have the culture of eating out. this is a culture of secret foods in the house. things, which are unheard of. it's not in the book. secrets. >> anthony: that's really interesting. >> farrokh: lot of secrets. >> anthony: mmhm. ♪ ♪ >> maeimeh: have you ever tried traditional iranian food? >> anthony: uh, it's difficult, because everybody says the great food of iran is cooked in people's homes. >> maeimeh: yes. >> anthony: this is a land of secret recipes, passed down within families like treasured possessions. >> bijan: mr. tony, please. >> anthony: beautiful spread of food. >> bijan: she's my wife, and i am a really lucky man. she is a very good cook. >> anthony: bijan, like so many other iranians i've met, has been kind enough to invite me to his home. >> maeimeh: this is milk soup. milk-and-chicken soup. >> anthony: oh, it's really good. >> maeimeh: my mom said that iranian people loves guests, and they will ne

an animation of an iraqi exodus in ancient mesopotamia by visual artist zena barakeh used san franciso'snvas. >> water is a very amazing medium to work with. number one, it's always changing. it's fleeting. it's constantly in movement. in terms of social history, it's all. it's very often been the media for escape, immigration, immigration, fleeing for one's life, being welcomed, welcomed into a new homeland. >> reporter: the former immigration center on angel island in san francisco bay was everything but a welcoming place for asians migrating to california after the gold rush. now a museum, some of them were initially interned in these holding barracks-- some for nearly two years, until they could complete a complicated sponsorship process. >> i respond to places and spaces and architecture and tangible concrete locations that i can touch and that i can move my own body through. so, i-- the sense of place is very important in my work. >> my name is sergei and i'm originally from kazakhstan. >> my name is niurka mendez. i'm here because i fled my country of venezuela. >> reporter: the 1

and the only reasonable theater seems to be somewhere in the mideast, some kind of a linkup in mesopotamia or something like that but it's difficult to see how the germans are going to be able to drive through the caucasus . they tried that and it didn't work out well. the coordination issues are a real hindrance. if they had better intent to ev do it. >> and the follow-up to that was on great britain. howlong do they hold out if the united states is not involved ? >> i feel like great britain is in a stable position . they are beginning to win the war against the u-boats and i don't see them as being a candidate for any sort of effective invasion by the germans . >> that's true when the war on the eastern front is continuing. the real test for britain is in 1940. they had alreadypassed it . >> next question in thecenter towards the front . >> good afternoon. i've attended every conference that we've had here at themuseum and i've got to tell you , this is the best panel we've ever had because we've always wanted to ask the what if question and we have consistently been told that's counter

only reasonable theater seems to be, you know, somewhere in the mideast, some kind of a link-up in mesopotamia or something like that, but it's really difficult to see how the germans are going to be able to drive through the caucus es. they tried that and it didn't work out well. the coordination issues, i think, are a real hindrance, even if they had a better intent to do it. >> the follow-up was on great britain. how long do they hold out if the united states is not involved? >> i feel like great britain was in a very stable position, actually. they were already beginning to win the war against the u-boats. i don't see them as being a candidate for any sort of effective invasion by the germans. >> that's especially true while the war on the eastern front is continuing. so you know, the real test for britain was in 1940. they had already passed it. >> agreed. >> the next question in the center here, towards the front. >> good afternoon. i have attended every conference that we have had here at the museum, and i gotta tell you, this is the best panel we have ever had because we have always wa