Mesopotamia Links, Resources and Topics

Time Period: Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria 3000 BCE-612 BCE

Text Resources pp. 39-45; 29-35 and 75-81 in the Enduring Past

Possible Topics:

Technology in Ancient Mesopotamia

Women's lives in Ancient Mesopotamia

Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia

Assyrian Warfare

Art and Architecture

Hammurabi's Code

Astrology in Ancient Mesopotamis

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html women's role in Mesopotamia

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/warfare/index.html warfare in Mesopotamia

http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/meso.HTM medicine in Mesopotamia

http://www.fidnet.com/~weid/Sumer.htm very detailed site although some links inactive

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ a general site on Mesopotamia

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/ASSYRIA.HTM a site dedicated to Assyria

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/TIMELINE.HTM a timeline with links to all three periods of Mesopotamian history

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/TRC/MESO/religion.html a good general site for all topics

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze33gpz/sumer-faq.html an excellent religious site