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Mesopotamia – Ancient History

 

Ancient Mesopotamia
https://www.penfield.edu/webpages/jgiotto/onlinetextbook.cfm?subpage=1617938
Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Hebrew culture are illustrated. Use the links on the left of the website.

 

Brief History of Assyrians  

http://www.aina.org/brief.html

This site recounts the history of the Assyrians up to present day, and also includes where and how they lived.

 

Lost Treasures from Iraq  

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/iraq.html 

Searchable image database of Mesopotamian artifacts from the Iraq Museum, with pieces dating from before 9,000 B.C.  In order to discover all that has been taken from the collection, the museum must first take a full inventory; this database, meant to be used as an educational tool, is part of the inventory effort.  

 

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16653/16653-h/16653-h.htm
An e-Text, Project Gutenberg's Myths of Babylonia and Assyria written by Donald A. Mackenzie

 

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