Mesopotamia

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Adapa and the Food of Life - A story that parallels to the Old Testament.

Ancient Mesopotamia - Defines vocabulary related to the study and provides short descriptions of key people and events. Also includes project ideas and printable quizzes.

Ancient Mesopotamia - Categorized by art, biographies, daily life, maps, pictures, and research.

Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia - Analyzing cuneiform tablets and artifacts to discover women's status, work, and areas where they had some power.

Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia - An interactive map leading to photographs of areas of importance.

Architectural Marvels of Ancient Mesopotamia - Information with various maps and timelines, illustrations, and photographs of the successive empires.

Babylonia and Ancient Near Eastern Texts - Tablets and texts for serious links to research on Babylonia.

Babylonian and Assyrian Literature - Comprises the Epic of Izdubar, hymns, tablets, and cuneiform inscriptions.

Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology - An FAQ that discusses the deities that were worshiped.

Chronology of Mesopotamia - A detailed listing from 3750 B.C.E. to 63 B.C.E.

The Code of the Nesilim - Excerpts of the laws.

Collapse: Mesopotamia - Essay on reasons for the fall of the empire.

A Collection of Mesopotamian Laws - Laws governing private as well as public and political life found in fragment condition.

The Concept Of Personal God(dess) In Enheduana's Hymns to Inanna - Paper on the first named and female author in all of world literature.

Counting in Babylon - Article on the numbering system by Michael Fowler.

CyberMuseum: Mesopotamia - Images with comments and links.

Dubsar, the Cuneiform Scribe - A visit to the city of Nippur.

The Great Hymn to Shamash - Ranks as one of the best products of Mesopotamian religious writing.

Greek Reports of Babylonia, Chaldea, and Assyria - An excerpt from Herodotus's The History of the Persian Wars, c. 430 B.C.E.

The Hebrews to 1000 BCE - Historical article from Abraham to King David.

Home Gape - Texts, glossary, inscriptions, translations, bibliography, fonts, and book reviews.

Ian Lawton's Mesopotamia Papers - Research papers and links.

Inanna/Ishtar's Descent - A story of the goddess' descent into the netherworld providing a testimony as to an early religion in which the goddess, woman, life and love was the center and the heart of religion.

Mari - Brief history of the city with references.

Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia - History, the sources, concepts of disease and healing, practitioners, and other sources of health care with a bibliography.

Mesopotamia - Extensive list of links and resources.

Mesopotamia - Provides information about the Fertile Crescent with a brief look at its geography, culture, and history.

Mesopotamia - Interactive guide to Assyria, Babylonia and Sumer along with information on geography, time, writing, gods and goddesses.

Mesopotamia - Commentary and resources with ancient Sumerian and Babylonian texts.

Mesopotamian Chronicles - Historiographical texts.

The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon - A listing of omens, c. 2500 - 670 B.C.E.

The Royal Game of Ur - An article by Catherine Soubeyrand, including the rules.

Sam Ruff's Mesopotamia - Photographs with audio.

A Sumero-Akadian Prayer - To Every God - General prayer asking any god for pardon for any transgression.

The Tablet of Adapa - The story of the first man.

Ziggurat - A description of a temple tower.