This clip is about writing in Mesopotamia and Babylon, including cuneiform and pictographs. WS of some clay pieces with ancient writing on them, then a CU of small cylinders with artwork and writing carved on the rounded sides. ECU on some of the artwork. In some clay, a finger presses one of these cylindrical objects along, and artwork is pressed into the material. ECU of the artwork. CU of one of the pieces, then CU of a hand writing in the ancient text. Map insert, then a shot of some clay figures. Map insert once more, Hammurabi and Babylon appear on the map. Various shots of the code of Hammurabi, then a return to the map. LS of a desert landscape, cut to a ELS of a shepherd gathering his flock. LS of the same scene.