Ancient Near East

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia

Ancient Near East Sumeria (c. 3100-c. 2000 BC) Akkadia (c.2350-2200 BC) Babylonia (c.2000-1600 BC) Kassites and Hittites (c.1600-717 BC) Assyria (c.1350- 612 BC) Chaldea/Neo-Babylonia (612-539 BC) Syrian Cities: Ebla, Ugarit, Emar Phoenicia 950 BC Carthage: The Punic Empire ANE Arts and Architecture ANE Mathematics and Astronomy Gender and...

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Near East Map

Oriental Institute Map Series - Site Maps Combining the separate 300 dpi prints will produce a composite map of the ancient Near East approximately 14" to 19" square, depending upon the printing methods used. The Site Maps will be updated periodically, so check back for the latest versions. Each Site Map is presented as a 300 dpi grayscale image...

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Carlos Museum - Ancient Near Eastern Art: Introduction

The Near Eastern collections of the Carlos Museum embody the legacy of the ancient Near East from the beginnings of agriculture and writing to the growth of the first cities and empires....

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Gilgamesh Epic

From K. C. Hanson's Photo Gallery of Mesopotamia. Gilgamesh Epic Tablet 11: The Flood Narrative ? century BC...

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Mesopotamia 9000 B.C. -500 B.C.

The name Mesopotamia (meaning "the land between the rivers") refers to the geographic region which lies near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and not to any particular civilization. In fact, over the course of several millennia, many civilizations developed, collapsed, and were replaced in this fertile region. The land of Mesopotamia is made fertile...

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Photographs of Mesopotamia

Sam Ruff's Photographs of Mesopotamia 1954-1956...

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Ba'al Ugaritic god of Storms & War

Ba'al Ugaritic god of Storms & War From K. C. Hanson's Gallery of Photos of Syria & Israel. Ba'al Ugaritic God of Storms & War (14th century BC) Louvre Museum, Paris...

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