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

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

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

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

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

Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia - http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html
Analyzing cuneiform tablets and artifacts to discover women's status, work, and areas where they had some power.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inanna/Ishtar's Descent - http://inanna.virtualave.net/tammuz.html
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Concept Of Personal God(dess) In Enheduana's Hymns to Inanna - http://www.angelfire.com/mi/enheduanna/Enhedwriting.html
Paper on the first named and female author in all of world literature.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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