this is the realm of ancient mesopotamia. centered around grand palaces and temples, urban life emerged in an area that archaeologists call the first cradle of civilization. today the ruins of these once grand cities crumble in the dry desert earth. but how could civilization have emerged in such an arid environment in the first place ? and what might have caused its destruction ? data from mashkan shapir provide clues. stone: we found a very large palace structure, which was decorated with baked clay pieces, showing the city's own god -- nergal, the god of death. zimansky: there was a large temple area, in which we found pieces of sculpture -- lifesize and somewhat smaller -- of animals, human beings, all of which were probably part of the temple furniture. keach: they also found fish hooks, weights to hold down nets and fish spears -- all evidence there was once water here. written tablets like these describe mashkan shapir as a major port. but the city was 20 miles from the tigris river and 30 miles from the euphrates. how

[applause] our military, in the hindu kush, mesopotamia, africa, the persian gulf, the indian ocean,ll of them are the stars of what they have done in my reports and my books. they really are the bravest and best of a generation. they are, as i described them to be, america's heroes. [applause] i would like to remind young people that heroes are not the people who catch passes in the end zone or set olympic records. even those who appear on comic books and creations of television in a spandex suit and a cape. my heroes wear flak jackets and combat boots and flight suits. they worked in the most difficult races on the planet earth. real heroes are selfless. they put themselves at risk for the benefit of others. that is the classical definition of heroes. since 9/11/01, 2.4 million young americans have forfeited the comforts of home and have gone into harms way like you see on that screen. for the first time since the american revolution, every single person serving in uniform is a volunteer. it has never happened since, it is happening now. today's troops are the brightest, best educa

[applause] our military, in the hindu hush, mesopotamia, africa, the persian gulf, the indian ocean,ll of them are the stars of what they have done in my reports and my books. they really are the bravest and best of a generation. they are, as i described them to be, america's heroes. [applause] i would like to remind young people that heroes are not the people who catch passes in the end zone or set olympic records. even those who appear on comic books and creations of television in a spandex suit and a cape. flak jackets and combat boots and flight suits. they worked in the most difficult races on the planet earth. real heroes are selfless. for put themselves at risk the benefit of others. that is the classical definition of heroes. .4 million young americans have forfeited the comforts of home and have gone into harms way like you see on that screen. for the first time since the american revolution, every single person serving in uniform is a volunteer. it has never happened since, it is happening now. today's troops are the brightest, best educated, trained, let, and equipped mili

another and fact according to economic historian david it graber historical records an ancient mesopotamia around thirty two hundred b.c. show a well developed system of money and a complex credit system as well so naturally most of us see money as a necessity and a sign of civilization but not peter just if he sees capitalism as a failure and wants to return to a time before money and eliminate private property now i spoke to just the founder and leading light in the movement about his controversial view that streak and we are the first part of that interview then and it sparked a ton of commentary which we love to hear always and we want to show you the second part of our conversation with him now now i started off by asking peter to explain why he thinks our current economic model is doomed and what differentiates his view from malthusian ism here's what he had to say. susan ism is based again on the deep dark view that that there isn't enough to go around now people have been saying this for pretty much millennia i mean there was actually b. c. story and philosophers that were talking