OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents Ancient World History Survey: The Mesopotamia with instructor Helen Pruet, retired History Instructor, Mountain Brook Junior High School.  Sumer Akkad, Babylon….oh my! Assyria, the Hittites, Phoenicians and more….Chaldea (New Babylonia) and Persia are what’s in store in this survey look at the ancient world of Mesopotamia.  There are many firsts in history here: 1st civilization, writing system, empire, law code, use of iron, just to name a few.  This is an introduction to almost 4,000 years of recorded history in this land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and extending to the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea.