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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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Manumission and Bridewealth Document

Manumission and Bridewealth Document (14th cent. BC?)TRANSLATION by K. C. Hanson (Adapted from Finkelstein 1969:546). Language: Akkadian; Medium: Clay tablet; Size: 43 centimeters long 5 centimeters wide; Length: 25 lines of writing Genre: Manumission & Marriage Contract Approximate Date: 14th cent. BC? Place of Discovery: Ugarit acropolis, Ras...

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Hammurabi's Code of Laws

Hammurabi's Code of Laws is one of the oldest and best-preserved sets of laws in existence. Created by the Babylonian king Hammurabi around 1754 BC, these laws were inscribed on a stele for all to see. The code consists of 282 laws covering various aspects of daily life in ancient Babylonia. One of the key principles of Hammurabi's Code is the con...

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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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Ishtar Gate Inscription

Dedicatory Inscription on the Ishtar Gate, Babylon; TRANSLATION (Adapted from Marzahn 1995:29-30)Language: Akkadian Medium: glazed brick Size: c. 15 meters high c. 10 meters wide Length: 60 lines of writing Genre: Dedication Inscription Dedicator: Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylonia (reigned 605""562 BCE) Approximate Date: 600 BCE Place of Discovery: ...

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Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions

1997-98 Annual Report...

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A Political Collapse in the Old Babylonian Period

Political Change and Cultural Continuity in Eshnunna from the Ur III to the Old Babylonian Period A dissertation proposal presented to The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations...

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Mesopotamia: Root Entry

Mesopotamia stands at the very dawn of human recorded history; we are often fooled into thinking of Mesopotamia as some distant relative, but it is, in fact, a culture stunningly different from our own. We are going to tour the mysteries of this foundational civilization: it's life, it's words, it's gods, and it's writing; you're invited to browse ...

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