- A Great Assemblage: The Babylonian Collection
Images and descriptions from artifacts held at Sterling Memorial Library.
www.library.yale.edu/exhibition/judaica/bcsml.html
- Ancient Mesopotamia
Designed by teachers to be used by fourth grade students when studying the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia.
ci.shrewsbury.ma.us/Sps/Schools/Central/Curriculum/ELEMENTARY/SOCIALSTUDIES...
- Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
Interactive exhibit on ancient Mesopotamia, considered to be the cradle of civilization. From the Mesopotamian collection of the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago.
mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu
- Babylonia and Near Eastern Resources
From Restoring Christian Keys.
www.piney.com/BabIndex.html
- Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics
From MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_and_Egyptian.htm...
- British Museum: Mesopotamia
Exhibit exploring Mesopotamia, including the geography, mythology, and history of the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Sumerian civilizations.
www.mesopotamia.co.uk
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Babylonia
Covering aspects of geography, early history, the first and Chaldean empires.
www.newadvent.org/cathen/02179b.htm
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Captivities of the Israelites
Covers in brief the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Roman captivities.
www.newadvent.org/cathen/03315a.htm
- Code of Hammurabi (6)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mesopotamia/Code_of_Hammurabi
- Contracts from Mesopotamia, c. 2300 - 428 BCE
Ancient History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/mesopotamia-contracts.html
- Counting in Babylon
Weights, measures, numbering systems, fractions, and more.
www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/lectures/babylon.html
- Cyrus the Great
First Achaemenian Emperor of Persia, who is belived to be the first head of state to issue a decree on the rights of nations.
www.oznet.net/cyrus
- Diyala Miscellaneous Objects Publication Project
Presentation of base data from the Oriental Institute's excavations (1930-38) in the Diyala River basin of Mesopotamia, northeast of Baghdad.
www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/DIY/Diyala1.html
- Enuma Elish
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mesopotamia/Enuma_Elish
- Epic of Gilgamesh (10)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mesopotamia/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
- Gateways To Babylon
Tribute to Mesopotamia, with features and links on myths, religion, and gods and goddesses.
www.gatewaystobabylon.com
- Greek Reports of Babylonia, Chaldea, and Assyria
From the Ancient History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/greek-babylon.html
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon@
Read about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the terraced gardens that are often named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Browse descriptions of the Gardens from ancient travelers and modern archaeologists, and see artists' renderings of how they might have appeared.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World/Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon
- History Link 101: Ancient Mesopotamia
Directory of sites about Mesopotamia in the areas of art, biography, daily life, maps, pictures, and research.
www.historylink101.com/ancient_mesopotamia.htm
- History of Plumbing: Babylonia
From theplumber.com.
www.theplumber.com/history.html
- History of the Ancient Near East
Offers details about sites in ancient Israel, Iraq, Turkey, and elsewhere.
ancientneareast.tripod.com/index.html
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
Contains information on Sumeria, Akkadia, Babylonia, and other civilizations that flourished in the geographic region of Mesopotamia.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html
- King Hammurabi (c.1792-1750 BCE) (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mesopotamia/King_Hammurabi__c_1792_1750_BCE_
- Livius: Mesopotamia
Features articles on the history of ancient Mesopotamia as well as descriptions, pictures, and translations of cuneiform tablets from the region.
www.livius.org/babylonia.html
- Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia
Includes descriptions of cuneiform medical texts, Mesopotamian concepts of disease and healing, and types of healers.
viator.ucs.indiana.edu/~ancmed/meso.HTM
- Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport: Mesopotamia
Sections on the Fertile Crescent area include the Sumerians, the Assyrians, the calendar, writing, and Hammurabi.
www.mrdowling.com/603mesopotamia.html
- Nebuchadnezzar (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mesopotamia/Nebuchadnezzar
- Old Persian Texts
www.avesta.org/op/op.htm
- Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh
Archaeology magazine article concerning the modern sack of Nineveh, home of the Sennacherib Palace, located in northern Iraq.
www.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/index.html
- Virtual Museum Mesopotamian Art
Collections for the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute. Requires Quicktime VR.
www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/QTVR96/QTVR96_Image_ME_Menu.html
- Wikipedia: Mesopotamia
Historical overview of Mesopotamia, covering language, writing, science, religion, culture, economy, government, and other aspects of ancient civilizations in this region.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia
- Woolley and the Great Flood
Examines the Mesopotamian flood tradition.
mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/ur/ur-flood.htm
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