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MEDICINE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
mesopotamian Medicine The Sources Most of the information available to modern scholars comes from cuneiform tablets.
http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
OI Museum Highlights Document
The mesopotamian collection of the Oriental Institute Museum was acquired almost exclusively through archaeological excavations.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/HIGH/OI_Museum_Mesopotamia.html

Extractions: THUMBNAIL IMAGE INDEX Mesopotamia - the land between the rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates - is an ancient Greek term used by archaeologists to refer to the area now roughly equivalent to the modern country of Iraq. The Mesopotamian collection of the Oriental Institute Museum was acquired almost exclusively through archaeological excavations. The first of these - the University of Chicago Oriental Exploration Fund's expedition to Bismaya (ancient Adab) - worked in Iraq from 1903-1905. During the 1930's the Babylonian Section of the Iraq Expedition excavated four sites on the lower Diyala River, and today the Nippur Expedition is continuing its work, begun in 1948, at the holy city of Nippur. The material that has been brought back as a result of divisions of finds from these expeditions forms one of the major world collections, covering in depth the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia. Foundation Figurine of King Ur-Nammu Striding Lion Four-Lugged Vessel Female Figurine ... RETURN TO ORIENTAL INSTITUTE
Western Civilization Chronology
A chronology of western civilization from its mesopotamian roots.
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/WestCiv/WestCiv.html
Gateways To Babylon
Ancient and modern texts on mesopotamian mythology, religion, and deities.
http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Mesopotamia Web
This site should be used for access of information on mesopotamian archaeology versus mesopotamian history. Matt Gorski
http://www.providence.edu/dwc/mesopot1.htm

Extractions: This site is created by the Detroit Institute of Art and examines various aspects of art in Ancient Mesopotamian society. Six artifacts can be selected to view and to get further information. Information can be gathered on Gudea of Lagash, the Dragon of Marduk, the Tiglath-Pileser III Receiving Homage, an Eagle-Headed Deity, a vase, and a glazed brick representing a birdman. A large version along with detailed information about each artifact is provided. Through this site, the art that was created in Ancient Mesopotamia can be explored and learned about. Andrew Delery Location: http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/n.east.html This site examines the collection of Near Eastern Art housed at the Carlos Museum. The selection provides provides illustrations of various aspects of Mesopotamian culture. These illustrations include examples of cuneiform writing, cylinder seals, engraved seals, stone vessels, and primitive forms of sculpture. The Near Eastern Collection expands to include not only Mesopotamia, but also ancient Iraq, the Levant, Anatolia, and Northwest Africa. The author traces the history of the collection as well as the interest and development of Near Eastern archaeology. The site is lively and vibrant, and easy to understand. It also provides a good amount of useful information concerning Near Eastern culture and daily life. The page is maintained by Emory University.
Projects
Presents a project to restore the mesopotamian marshlands, funded by the USbased Iraq Foundation. Includes bibliographic data base and news.
http://www.iraqfoundation.org/projects/edenagain/

Extractions: The Iraq Foundation is sponsoring a new project, Eden Again, for the restoration of the southern marshes which were the target of a campaign by the Iraqi government in the early to mid nineties. The environmental and military campaign desiccated the marshlands, destroyed the environment, burnt villages, and drove hundreds of thousands of the indigenous ma'dan population into external exile or internal displacement. This project is significant for its human, environmental and historical impact. THE "EDEN AGAIN" PROJECT: RESTORATION OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHLANDS The Mesopotamian Marshlands, historically covering over 20,000 square kilometers of interconnected lakes, mudflats, and wetlands within modern-day Iraq and Iran, have disappeared. In what the United Nations has declared "one of the world's greatest environmental disasters," over 90% of the marshlands have been desiccated through the combined actions of upstream damming and downstream drainage projects undertaken by the regime of Saddam Hussein. BACKGROUND ON THE MARSHLANDS The extensive marshlands of Mesopotamia represent a unique component of our global heritage and resources (UNEP, 2001). They play a key role in the intercontinental flyway of migratory birds, support endangered species, and sustain fisheries of the Persian Gulf. Biblical scholars regard the marshes as the site of the legendary "Garden of Eden." Historically they nurtured the culture and civilization of the Sumerians who produced the first alphabet and the earliest epics.
Roj TV
Media company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, transmitting via cable TV programs of interest to Kurds in Mesopotamia, including mesopotamian history, culture, arts, and latest news.
http://www.roj.tv/en/
OI Museum Highlights Document
The mesopotamian collection of the Oriental Institute Museum was acquired almost exclusively through archaeological excavations.
http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Mesopotamian Web2
It also covers mesopotamian time to the Mycenaean Greeks so there is a broad base His pictures include the rivers of mesopotamian culture, ziggurats,
http://www.providence.edu/dwc/mesopot3.htm

Extractions: Location: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/ARI/ARIIntro.html This site, created by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, is a presentation of the royal scripts form the time of Cyrus the Great to the invasion of Alexander the Great. Along with the texts are "translations, glossaries, grammatical indexes, basic bibliographic apparatus, basic text critical apparatus, and some graphic apparatus" as the introduction explains. Although thorough, the texts are therefore rather lengthy, which may make them too cumbersome for the student trying to extract useful information. Ryan Ainscough Location: http://members.tripod.com/%7Esondmor/index.html Matt Gorski Location: http://www.angelfire.com/ms/ancecon/index.html Ancient Economies II is created through the ideas of Morris Silver, an economist teaching in New York City. This page is a continuation of his first page, Ancient Economies which dealt with a general overview of the economies of the cultures from the Mesopotamians to the Mycenaean Greeks. This page is much more in depth than the first and takes a very philosophical and scholarly look at economies in myths of these ancient times. The page has numerous references to the Bible and other writing of the time and he analyzes the use of money or the structure of an economy in that piece. The site contains no pictures or links and is well organized text throughout. Silver also gives an extensive bibliography at the end of the page to back up his many listed sources. Ancient Economies is definitely a better place to begin research, but this page will do well for anyone looking to extend that research even further.
Mosaicsetc
Reproductions of ancient Roman, Carthaginian, Greek and mesopotamian mosaics.
http://www.mosaicsetc.com/

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Detroit Institute Of Arts : Permanent Collection - Ancient Art - Mesopotamia
The northern mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria, in existence by 1500 BC, would become a great empire between the 9th and the 7th centuries BC The kings of
http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/mesopotamia/mesopotamia.html

Extractions: Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, was the fertile river plain where civilization was born and where writing first appeared. Southern Mesopotamia was under the control of a series of kings from 3000 B.C. to the 6th century B.C. In its early history, Mesopotamia was a collection of agricultural city-states. These later gave way to centrally controlled empires which spread through conquest. The northern Mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria, in existence by 1500 B.C., would become a great empire between the 9th and the 7th centuries B.C. The kings of this mountainous region were conquerors who led their armies on an endless succession of foreign campaigns and celebrated their success by building and decorating enormous stone palaces. Royal archives of inscribed clay tablets have left us a vast encyclopedia of Mesopotamian history. Select an Ancient Art section from below: Ancient Art Home Page Mesopotamia
BEFORE THE LEGEND OF NOAH
mesopotamian flood stories which predate the Bible. Photos of clay tablets, map, satellite photo.
http://home.att.net/~Atrahasis/index.htm

Extractions: Flood Stories Predating the Noah Story Reconstruction of an ancient temple compound at Nippur founded by Ur Gur about 2800 BC. Construction and repairs continued until about 660 BC during the reign of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. 19th century photo of the ziggurat at Nippur after removal of sand that covered it. ACCORDING TO AN INSCRIBED CLAY TABLET In ancient Mesopotamia writing was in use by about 3000 BC. The writings of ancient scholars were preserved on clay tablets. The ancient scribe formed a rectangular piece of clay and used a pointed stick to form characters in the soft clay. Some of the tablets were sun dried and placed on shelves or in jars. Others were fired in pottery kilns and fired rock hard to make sure the valuable records might not be lost. The first writings seem to have been inventory records such as the amounts or types of items stored in clay jars. By 2000 BC there were shipping records describing maritime trade between the Persian Gulf coastal areas of Iraq and Bahrain, Oman, and Indian Ocean coasts of Pakistan, and the west coast of India (Lothal). The ancients sailed in huge reed bundle sailing boats in the Persian Gulf as described by anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl in
Mesopotamian Ziggurat
mesopotamian ZIGGURAT. Ziggurat at Ur, c. 2100 BC. Reconstruction adapted from a drawing at the British Museum in London.
http://www.usfca.edu/westciv/Ziggurat.html
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Authentic, museum quality ancient art and artifacts, including Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and mesopotamian pieces.
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Ancient History Sourcebook: A Collection Of Mesopotamian Laws, C. 2250 - 550 BCE
Ancient History Sourcebook A Collection of mesopotamian Laws, c. 2250 550 BCE. Laws governing private as well as public and political life were written
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/2550mesolaws.html

Extractions: A Collection of Mesopotamian Laws, c. 2250 - 550 BCE Laws governing private as well as public and political life were written up in Mesopotamia as early as 2250 B.C. Unfortunately, most of these early documents have been preserved in very fragmentary condition, so that only a few phases of early law and procedure are now known to us. The following fragments date from the Akkadian through the Neo-Babylonian periods. BE it enacted forever and for all future days: If a son say to his father, "You are not my father," he [the father] can cut off his [the son's] locks, make him a slave and sell him for money. If a son say to his mother, "You are not my mother," she can cut off his locks, turn him out of town, or (at least) drive him away from home, deprive him of citizenship and of inheritance, but his liberty he loses not. If a father say to his son, "You are not my son," the latter has to leave house and field and he loses everything. If a mother say to her son, "You are not my son," he shall leave house and furniture. If a wife be unfaithful to her husband and then says, "You are not my husband," let her be thrown into the river. If a husband say to his wife, "You are not my wife," he shall as a fine pay one half mana of silver. If some one hires a servant and the latter dies or is rendered useless otherwise (e.g.,by flight, rebellion, or sickness) he shall give to the owner as daily wages ten
McClung Museum - Royal Tombs Of UR - Woolley And The Great Flood
Online exhibition examining mesopotamian flood traditions from archeological findings and literature.
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/ur/ur-flood.htm

Extractions: TREASURES FROM THE ROYAL TOMBS OF UR WOOLLEY AND THE GREAT FLOOD The story of a devastating flood is a key element in a number of Mesopotamian compositions. In the literary-historical work popularly known as the Sumerian King List, which probably dates in its original form to the early second millennium BC, a flood separates antediluvian dynasties ruling from the cities of Eridu, Babtibira, Sippar, Larak, and Shuruppak, all of whose kings had reigns of fantastic length, from a longer list of dynasties ruling from nine different cities, the first after the flood being Kish. After Kish, kingship was transferred to Uruk and the later kings of the dynasty include Enmerkar, Lugalband, and Gilgamesh, figures well known from Mesopotamian literature. The Sumerian flood story is preserved on a six-columned tablet from Nippur (B 10637), only the lower third of which is preserved. The complete original would probably have had 260 lines. The tablet can be dated by its script to the late 17th century BC. The story inscribed on the tablet deals with the creation of humans and animals, the antediluvian cities and their rulers, and the flood. This clay tablet, now known as the Nippur Tablet, is displayed in the exhibition. NIPPUR TABLET In the episodes preserved, Enki reveals the gods' plan to destroy the human race with a flood to Ziusudra and urges him to heed his advice. The wind and storms come and with them the flood, which lasts for seven days and seven nights before the sun returns. Ziusudra emerges from his boat and offers sacrifices. Enki mollifies the gods, and An and Enlil grant Ziusudra life like a god's.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
Has a useful timeline for putting the various mesopotamian empires into geographical and Common Issues mesopotamian/Egyptian/Hebrew/Greek History
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html

Extractions: Other History Sourcebooks: African East Asian Indian Islamic ... Human Origins Mesopotamia Egypt Persia Israel Greece ... Christian Origins See Main Page for a guide to all contents of all sections. Contents Akkadia (c.2350-2200 BCE) Babylonia (c.2000-1600 BCE) Kassites and Hittites (c.1600-717 BCE) Assyria (c.1350- 612 BCE) Chaldea/Neo-Babylonia (612-539 BCE) Syrian Cities: Ebla, Ugarit, Emar Phoenicia 950 BCE on Carthage: The Punic Empire ANE Arts and Architecture ANE Mathematics and Astronomy Gender and Sexuality ... Common Issues: Mesopotamian/Egyptian/Hebrew/Greek History Ancient Near East Back to Index Sumeria (c. 3100-c. 2000 BCE)
Myths & Legends
Comparison of Hungarian myths and legends with Scythian and mesopotamian ones.
http://users.cwnet.com/millenia/legend.htm

Extractions: Music -Zene Ural-Altaic Page People-Emberek Millecentenial 96 The Myths of Creation The Archangel's of Eden FinnUgor and Messopotamian gods The Hungarian Fertility goddess ... The Devil and his helpers Dr Bobula Ida, " The Sumerian Wonderous Stagg, "..........A sumir csoda szarvas The Legend of the Stagg The Legend of the Turul Eagle "......................A Turul Monda The Way of the Hosts , the legend of Chaba".. A Hadak Utja Mythological References " ..............................Mitologiai Jegyzetek The lifting to heaven by the holy ghost, symbolized as an eagle Etana
Mesopotamia
763 Baghdad is started to be built, as part of moving he centre of the Muslim world from Damascus to the mesopotamian region. This involves the start of
http://i-cias.com/e.o/mesopotamia.htm

Extractions: A region in the Middle East which is defined as the land lying between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris in what is Iraq today. This region was the birthplace of the first civilizations, and among the leading regions in the world for about 3,000 years. A wider definition of Mesopotamia is the land that that lies between the Zagros and Anti-Taurus mountains in the northern end, and the Arabian plateau and Persian Gulf to the south, corresponding to modern Iraq, eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey The most important ancient civilizations in the region were first the Sumerian (3500 BC- 2000 BCE), the Babylonian (18th century BC- 539 BCE) and Assyrian (1350 BC- 612 BCE). During the last two millenniums the Muslim Abbasids must be considered as the strongest rulers of Mesopotamia, both in might and in cultural achievements.

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