001 - Boating with the Ubaid People

Episode 1 August 10, 2014 00:14:16
001 - Boating with the Ubaid People
The Maritime History Podcast
001 - Boating with the Ubaid People

Aug 10 2014 | 00:14:16

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Show Notes

In which we meet the Ubaid people and see how they became the first inhabitants of southern Mesopotamia and used their natural resources to construct basic reed boats.

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