Explore the history of the ancient country of Mesopotamia, known as the 'cradle of civilization', taking in the history of the land known as the Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, Babylon and, in the 20th Century, Iraq. Explore the sites of Islamic, Old Testament and Jewish history, find out about the bizarre discovery of the world first batteries, tablets of modern law and how the 'culture catastrophe' of the lootings of Iraq's museums and sites during the Gulf War has impacted this epic and historic landscape.