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Adapa and the Food of Life A story that parallels to the Old Testament. http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/adapa.htm

Ancient Mesopotamia Defines vocabulary related to the study and provides short descriptions of key people and events. Also includes project ideas and printable quizzes. http://hypermedia.educ.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/meso/mesopotamia.html

Ancient Mesopotamia Categorized by art, biographies, daily life, maps, pictures, and research. http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_mesopotamia.htm

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. http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html

Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia An interactive map leading to photographs of areas of importance. http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/SANDERS/PHOTOS/meso_map.html

Architectural Marvels of Ancient Mesopotamia Information with various maps and timelines, illustrations, and photographs of the successive empires. http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/meso/meso.htm

Babylonia and Ancient Near Eastern Texts Tablets and texts for serious links to research on Babylonia. http://www.piney-2.com/BabIndex.html

Babylonian and Assyrian Literature Comprises the Epic of Izdubar, hymns, tablets, and cuneiform inscriptions. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10887

Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology An FAQ that discusses the deities that were worshiped. http://www.baal.com/baal/about/CanaaniteUgariticMythologyFAQ.shtml

Chronology of Mesopotamia A detailed listing from 3750 B.C.E. to 63 B.C.E. http://www.cofc.edu/~piccione/graphics/mesop_chronol.html

The Code of the Nesilim Excerpts of the laws. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/1650nesilim.html

Collapse: Mesopotamia Essay on reasons for the fall of the empire. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mesopotamia.html

A Collection of Mesopotamian Laws Laws governing private as well as public and political life found in fragment condition. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/2550mesolaws.html

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. http://www.angelfire.com/mi/enheduanna/Enhedwriting.html

Counting in Babylon Article on the numbering system by Michael Fowler. http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/lectures/babylon.html

CyberMuseum: Mesopotamia Images with comments and links. http://members.tripod.com/jaydambrosio/mesopotamia.html

Dubsar, the Cuneiform Scribe A visit to the city of Nippur. http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/stone/319/

The Great Hymn to Shamash Ranks as one of the best products of Mesopotamian religious writing. http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/133.html

Greek Reports of Babylonia, Chaldea, and Assyria An excerpt from Herodotus's The History of the Persian Wars, c. 430 B.C.E. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/greek-babylon.html

The Hebrews to 1000 BCE Historical article from Abraham to King David. http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch04.htm

Home Gape Texts, glossary, inscriptions, translations, bibliography, fonts, and book reviews. http://utenti.lycos.it/homegape/

Ian Lawton's Mesopotamia Papers Research papers and links. http://www.ianlawton.com/mesindex.htm

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. http://inanna.virtualave.net/tammuz.html

Mari Brief history of the city with references. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/mari.html

Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia History, the sources, concepts of disease and healing, practitioners, and other sources of health care with a bibliography. http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/meso.HTM

Mesopotamia Extensive list of links and resources. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html

Mesopotamia Provides information about the Fertile Crescent with a brief look at its geography, culture, and history. http://www.mrdowling.com/603mesopotamia.html

Mesopotamia Interactive guide to Assyria, Babylonia and Sumer along with information on geography, time, writing, gods and goddesses. http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/

Mesopotamia Commentary and resources with ancient Sumerian and Babylonian texts. http://www.interfaith.org/ancient/mesopotamia/

Mesopotamian Chronicles Historiographical texts. http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/chron00.html

The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon A listing of omens, c. 2500 - 670 B.C.E. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/bablylonian-astrology.html

The Royal Game of Ur An article by Catherine Soubeyrand, including the rules. http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/Ur.html

Sam Ruff's Mesopotamia Photographs with audio. http://users.rcn.com/jrp2/sam/

A Sumero-Akadian Prayer - To Every God General prayer asking any god for pardon for any transgression. http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/132.html

The Tablet of Adapa The story of the first man. http://www.earth-history.com/Sumer/adapa.htm

Ziggurat A description of a temple tower. http://www.livius.org/za-zn/ziggurat/ziggurat.html