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

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

Mesopotamian Chronicles - - Historiographical texts.

Mesopotamian Disease and Medicine - - A project that intends to exploit textual and the skeletal evidence in order to learn about the disease processes at work in ancient Mesopotamia and come to understand the medical field that was developed to combat such disease processes.

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.