Ancient Mesopotamia - Modern Iraq Resources |
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Resources on ancient Mesopotamia - the ancient area now known as Iraq.
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A look at what we are doing to prevent the destruction of 7000 year old artifacts during war. • The Persian Wars The Persian Empire tried to expand to include Greece. Maps • Maps of Mesopotamia and the Near East The People of Mesopotamia • Medes, Seleucids, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Anatolians, et al. Resources on the various groups that lived in Mesopotamia and the Near East. • Assyria An introduction to ancient Assyria. • Babylonia An introduction to ancient Babylonia. • Cyrus Resources on Cyrus, a Persian king who conquered Babylon in 539 B.C. • Dilmun (Bahrain) Information on an ancient trading center that was probably modern Bahrain. • Epic of Gilgamesh The story of a legendary king of Uruk in Babylonia. • Hammurabi - Babylonia Information on the Babylonian king known for his law code. • Iraq Information on the early years of what is now Iraq. • Lebanon - Phoenicians Tyre is in Lebanon and was one of the areas in which the ancient Phoenicians lived. • Nebuchadnezzar - Babylonia Information on the Chaldean king known for his hanging gardens. • Persia Introduction to ancient Persia, the Medes, and Cyrus. • Qatar Information on the ancient country now known as Qatar -- the home of the Arab news service Al Jazeera. • Sargon the Great Ancient king of Akkad and father of the first named author. • Saudi Arabia In ancient times Saudi Arabia profited from agriculture and trade in many items, including frankincense and myrrh. • Sumer An introduction to ancient Sumer and the Sumerians. • Syria Information on the ancient area now known as Syria. • Turkey - Anatolia Ancient residents of this area included Hittites, Kurds, Phrygians, and Lydians. • Xerxes, Darius, Cyrus, Ashurbanipal, Tiglath Pileser, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, Sargon II and Ashurbanipal Reigns, events, dates and major contributions of major Near Eastern monarchs. Mesopotamia - Chronology Broad time categories for Mesopotamian History.• Timelines - Mesopotamia • 4000-1000 BC 5000-1595 BC Sumer Timeline Contributions to Civilization • Beer A look at the long association between humans and beer. • Calendars - Babylonian The months and structure of the calendar the Babylonians used. • Cuneiform Writing Basic information on this Mesopotamian type of writing. • Artifacts and monuments from the Ancient Near East. Museum exhibits and excavation sites. • Language, Writing, and Literature Resources on the languages of the region, learning them, and the literature produced. • Race To Be First - Writing Mesopotamia is only one of the possible locations for the first writing system. • Law - Legal Documents Resources on inscriptions and translated documents about law in the Near East and Middle East. • Math Information on the Babylonian system of counting. • Science, Math, and Technology Resources on Near and Middle Eastern contributions to science, plumbing, mathematics, and other technologies. • Stele Information on this type of monument. • Ziggurats Information on this type of stepped temple. Mesopotamia - Religion • Sumerian Gods and Goddesses Information about the major Sumerian gods and goddesses. • Ancient Near and Middle East Religion and Mythology Speculation on how early people in Mesopotamia came to develop religion with information on the principal gods and goddesses. |
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