Mesopotamia

= Mesopotamia = [|Mesopotamia: The British Museum] Explore this website to find out more about the history, culture, and geography of Assyria, Babylon, and Sumer. Additionally, find out more about gods, goddesses, demons, and monsters while playing games related to Ancient Mesopotamia.

[|Mr. Dowling's Mesopotamia Page]

[|Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History] Learn more about life in Mesopotamia by exploring this website. It contains tons of pictures, interactive features, and information about the cradle of civilization.

[|PBS Nature: Holy Cow! Human Civilization and the Domestication of the Cow] About 8,000 years ago, the relationship between cows and man began with domesticating animals in Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, and Africa. There were many possible candidates for the job but only the cow fit the specific criteria humankind needed: not too flighty, breeds well in captivity, grows at a good pace, not aggressive, and requires a low maintenance diet. Explore this website to find out more about how we've changed the cow and how the cow has changed us.

[|Mesopotamia- Ancient History Encyclopedia]

[|Infoplease- Some Ancient Civilizations] When looking at the chart, you can click on different groups that are associated with Mesopotamia such as the Akkadians, Sumerians, Assyrians, and Babylonians to find out more information.

[|CyberMuseum: Mesopotamia]

[|The Food Timeline FAQs- Mesopotamia Through Shakespeare] If you are interested in what people ate from the times of Mesopotamia through Shakespeare (1500s-1600s), check out this website.

[|Fertile Crescent Map]

[|Map of Ancient Mesopotamia, to 2500 B.C.E.]

[|The British Museum- Related content for the gallery Room 56: Mesopotamia 6000-1500 BC] Click on any links in which you are interested to view objects on display in Room 56 at The British Museum. These objects illustrate economic success based on agriculture, the invention of writing, developments in technology and artistry, and other achievements of the Sumerians, Akkadians, and Babylonians, who lived in Mesopotamia at this time.

[|Ancient Mesopotamia for Kids] Click on one of many subjects related to the history, culture, and geography of Ancient Mesopotamia in order to find out more information.

[|Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur] For years, the materials from the royal tombs at Ur in modern-day Iraq—the city famed in the Bible as the home of the patriarch Abraham—have been a highlight at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Although many items are traveling around the world until 2012, you can still view this amazing collection online.

= Hammurabi =

[|Hammurabi of Babylon- History for Kids!]

[|Hammurabi and the Babylonians- World History for Kids]

[|Hammurabi- Social Studies for Kids]

= Sargon I = [|Sargon and the Vanishing Sumerians] If you are looking for a brief overview of Sargon's life and empire, this is the website to click on. Also, you can find a brief history of what happens to the Sumerians after Sargon's empire collapses.

[|Akkad and the Akkadians of Mesopotamia] Althoguh the title of this webpage sounds like a bad rock group name, it actually gives a great deal of information about Sargon and the Akkadian Empire. Click on any of the topics on the left side of the webpage to find out more about specfic topics related to this time period in Mesopotamian history.

Sargon I of Akkad According to this website, Sargon is the great teacher who taught early mankind how to build an empire. You will find out more about Sargon as well as different facts about life in ancient Mesopotamia.

= Nebuchadnezzar II = [|Nebuchadnezzar II: Biography from Answers.com] Find out more about the life and achievements of Nebuchadnezzar II, the son of a Chaldean chief, who reigned over Babylon from 605 to 562 B.C.E. During his time as a king of Babylon, he built temples in many of the cities of his kingdom. However, the main achievement of his reign was the rebuilding of Babylon, covering approximately 500 acres. Also, It was said that he built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to please his wife, Amytis, daughter of the Median king Cyaxaras. Read more about this significant leader in Mesopotamian history by clicking on the link above.

[|Ancient Babylonia- Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon] Click on the link above to find out more about Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon according to the Greek historian Herodotus.

[|Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin- Museum of the Ancient Near East] At the Pergamon Museum, visitors can walk through world-famous reconstructions of Babylonian monuments: the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate and the facade of the throne hall of King Nebuchadnezzar II (604 - 562 BC). Sections of the buildings were re-created to approximately the original dimensions by meticulously re-assembling the many broken pieces of excavated glazed bricks. Along the walls depictions of lions, bulls and dragons symbolize the major gods of Babylon. Click on this website to find out more about the Bablylonian treasures found at this museum in Berlin, Germany.

= The Alphabet and Cuneiform = [|The Writing Code] Language made us human. Writing gave us civilization. Explore this website about how writing has influenced and changed our history from the formation of civilizations to modern times. Make sure that the volume is up on your computer so you can listen to the videos on the website.

[|Write Like A Babylonian] Would you like to see what your name could be when written in cuneiform? Click on this website to find out!

[|Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative] The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) represents the efforts of an international group of Assyriologists, museum curators and historians of science to make available through the Internet the form and content of cuneiform tablets dating from the beginning of writing, ca. 3350 BC, until the end of the pre-Christian era. Click on the link to see many examples of cuneiform and find links to other websites which feature examples of cuneiform.