My Favorite Links
- Abraham - Text only Bio from the Catholic Encyclopedia
- Abraham - interesting short text about the birth and early childhood of Abraham from
Timeline of Jewish History
- The Story of Abraham from the Hebrew Bible- from Reading about the World Vol. I,
this excerpt explains about the importance of Abraham to both the Muslims and the Jews. It
also relates the Covenant between God and the Hebrew people and tells of the birth of
Isaac.
- Assyrians - Hit Contents on the left . Read about their attempt at "cultural mixing", the
reasons behind it and the beginnings of Jewish Diaspora.
- The Babylonians - this site is part of the History of Cataract Surgery and tells more
about the importance of medical procedures in Babylon, using as reference the mention of
fees and regulations in Hammurabi's Code.
- Chaldeans: Historical Background - very nice site, offering information on the history,
language and religion of these people.
- Chaldeans - Frames...so hit Content on the left ..Then select Chaldeans and read more
about the constant conquest of the crescent, this time meet Nebuchadnezzar and read about
the Jewish Exile.
- Cyrus the Great - very nice site about the man said to have issued the first human rights
document in history. The site is a frames set up that works fairly well for a change.Click the
categories on the left to read a wonderful bio, see beautiful artworks of soldiers, cylinder
seals and Cyrus himself..... Interesting site.
- King David - from Timeline of Jewish History - a one page text that has a very short bio
and a different slant on the David and Bathsheba story
- David: a Man after God's Heart - a site that uses passages from the New Testament to
look at the life of David.
- Gudea of Lagash - a very nice, short bio of the ruler and a link to cylinder seals, list of kings
and a statue of him, courtesy of DIA
- Hammurabi - Short bio and link to his code
- Hebrews - a very short history containing a map and a timeline. Be sure to check out the
Hebrew people link at the bottom of the page to get to a nice list of definitions and
identifications.
- The Hebrews - from Richard Hooker's World Cultures class - a wonderful site with
loads of information on all the cultures, people, language, timeline, resources, images and
more.
- The Hebrews between Assyria and Egypt - The Hebrews into Canaan. Genesis. A
divided Israel. The Prophets. Assyria overruns Israel and conquers Egypt.
- Hittites - from World Cultures and Richard Hooker .- a very nice one page overview
- Hittite Home Page - Great resource with links to every facet of Hittite life.
- Kassites - read about the unsuccessful attempt by these Indo-European invaders to
establish a lasting empire in the heart of Mesopotamia. Short, text only read from Richard
Hooker's World Cultures class
- Nebuchadnezzar II - very short bio from Catholic Encyclopedia
- New Societies in West Asia - read about the successive waves of invaders on the
Mesopotamian plains and their legacies.(Gilgamesh and the Flood story too) Lots to learn
here.
- The Persians - a little about Cyrus, Darius and Xerxes and the ill-fated venture against the
Greeks.
- The Phoenicians , Alphabet - a very good site with a text only overview of the history
and accomplishments of these early Mediterranean People. Linked to a map and the
alphabet.
- The Queen of Sheba - from History of Women through Art - read the one page text of
the legendary lady ...source Jewish History
- Sargon - Nice bio of the man who established the first empire in the Mesopotamian area
- King Saul: The Bible's Tragic Hero - the story of the rise and fall of Israel's first king.
- Solomon - very complete bio from the Catholic Encyclopedia
- King Solomon's Era - very informative site - read about the reign of Solomon, his
accomplishments including the construction of the Temple to house The Ark of the Covenant,
his negotiations and problems of construction and his statesmanship (with 700 wives and 300
concubines - he'd have to have been a pretty good statesman)
- The Sumerians - History of Cataract Surgery again, this time in Sumeria, but it gives a
little of the history and a nice shot of a cuneiform tablet
- Sumerians of Mesopotamia - from Ancient Civilizations and Lost Cities frames setup -
one nice page and several images.
- Ancient Civilizations as seen through Computer
Graphics: Mesopotamia - visit the city of Ur by
clicking to enlarge three different images - a bird's eye
view, an interior room and a ziggurat.
- Ancient Middle East - this site has a tremendous
amount of information available. Using evidence from
archaeological digs, they reconstruct the area from
Middle Bronze Age through the Persian Period. Links to
art, tombs, weapons and much, much more.
- Archaeology of the Land of Israel - wonderful site
that takes you from prehistory through the Late Islamic
Periods - histoy, images and more. Numismatic
Pavilion
- Canaan, Israel & Judah, and the Hebrew Bible - nice list of resources from K. C.
Hanson
- Catal Huyuk - investigate the excavation of this Neolithic settlement in modern day Turkey.
Read and see the results of years of scientific study.
- Garden of Eden (Judeo-Christian Tradition) - nice site from Ohio State - read about the
Garden of Eden and The Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the effect they had on the
development of Horticulture.
- Genesis in Sumer - very nice one page overview of the beginning
- The Golden and the Great**** - this is a super site that highlights the Golden Ages of past
Civilizations as well as the Great People that made a difference in Human progress and
History. The Cities from the past that we would like to visit this unit are:
- Tyre and Jerusalem - 950 BC - The Golden Ages of Tyre and Jerusalem in 950 BC
are brought to life in the historical novel The Scribe's Family, by Don Jacobson.
- Ur 2050 BC - The Golden Age of Ur in 2050 BC is brought to life in the historical
novel The Healer's Family, by Don Jacobson.
- Uruk 3000 BC - The Golden Age of Uruk in 3000 BC is brought to life in the
historical novel The Scribe's Family, by Don Jacobson.
- Hanging Gardens - the History and an artist's conception of one of the Wonders of the
Ancient World. Did it really exist? Ancient travelers wrote about it - now you can read what
they had to say. I found most of the links in the text to be dead but they are not needed to
benefit from this site.
- Hatti , homeland of the Hittites - new site but check out the database section for some
nice images and informative text
- Jericho - from Archaeology of the Bible - a very nice site that gives an introduction,
biblical account, and a History of Archaeological Investigation and Evaluation....very nice
maps and drawings too.
- Maps of the Ancient Near East **** - This is a terrific Site - from The University of
Oregon OSSHE Historical and Cultural Resource - some maps require the Shockwave
Plugin, others do not ...all are wonderful
- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - from the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World site
read about and see an artist's conception of the love monument
- Mesopotamia 9000 - 500 B.C. - nice timeline
- Mesopotamia - Nice site that is part of a study unit for Tony Stephenson's Western
Civilization 101 class --Seven "links" are available and most deal with the contributions the
various cultures of Mesopotamia made to the development of Western Civilization. Large
print and an easy read.
- Mesopotamia - from Dr. Silvestri's WWW Ancient World History Resource -
Chapter 2 Great site with info on people, history, art, society, culture, language, mythology
and more. Chapter 4 deals with Hebrews nd Phoenicians
- Mesopotamia (9000-500 BC) - a very brief timeline of important events in the long history
of the area. This gives a nice overview of the period.
- Nineveh - from Archaeology of the Bible - a very nice site that gives an overview, history
and related links
- Nippur At The Center Of The World - nice one page overview of the city and situation
- Nippur -Sacred City of Enlil - a long page from the Oriental Institute of the University
of Chicago. History and information for an Archaeology class. This is a great resource. It
provides interesting text, links to information and links to art from the dig.
- The Old City: King David's Capital - a site by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
containing 9 clickable photos of historical sites within the Old City. Selection includes: the
Citadel, David's Tower, the New Gate, Zion Gate, Old City Wall and more. Each has a very
nice, short explanation of its importance in history.
- Palace of Ashurnasirpal *** - this is great if you are set up for it . The first takes about
20+ minutes to load the second streams but takes 6+ minutes University of Penn.
- Quicktime movie, with narration by Holly Pittman, suitable for viewing on Macintosh
computers and other Quicktime-capable machines (4820K in size)
- MPEG movie, suitable for viewing on IBM-compatible computers (2056K in size)
- Persian History - very nice site with intext links to definitions and identifications.
- Petra: Myth and Reality - read the story of the fabled "Rose, Red City" of Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade fame
- Stolen Stones: - read about the attempt to save palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh - see
wonderful photos and learn about the many threats to the valuable archaeological site. Site
from the Archaeological Institute of America
- Sumer - one page overview of History, legacy, culture and bibliography
- Virtual Tour of Jerusalem - Hebrew University takes you through one of the world's
oldest and most culturally rich cities - great site
- 1300 BC The Ten Commandments - from the Law Museum Archives - an interesting all
text site that give the history of Moses receiving the tablets and a copy of the laws.
- The Birth of Civilization - a very nice one page scenario of the conditions starting 12,000
years ago that lead to the rise of the first civilization.
- Code of Hammurabi - The entire translation of the famous text that was one of the earliest
written law codes in history.
- Development of the Alphabet - interesting read about the development of the alphabet and
its family tree.
- The Flood Story - World wide flood ? Read the archaeological evidence from the
Mesopotamian area and decide. Also Read The Flood of Noah and the Flood of
Gilgamesh - the stories and a wonderful comparison chart.
- Origins of Agriculture - Janick et al. focus on the use of fire and the development of
agriculture as THE innovations that form the basis of civilization, but others might add the
development of tools, language and writing to this list. Visit this site to read about early man's
leap from hunter/gatherer to farmer. From Ohio State University
- The Origin and Development of Writing in Mesopotamia: An Economic
Interpretation By Arden Eby - one page text with images and rational.
- The Persian Wars - This is a great page from Dr. Knox's History of Western
Civilization class at Boise State University. People, battles, including Marathon,
Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea, Results etc. This is a very complete site.
- Rise and Fall of Ancient Sumer - one page text only with some interesting links.
- Sargon's Eighth Campaign - very long text only read about the military exploits of Sargon
II and the reasons behind them.
- The Siege and Battle of Jericho around 1400 BC - the geography, the seige, the battle
and the aftermath are covered plus a drawing of the battlefield and a photo of the current
excavation on the site. Nice Site.
- The Wheel - there are several sections about the constructions of the first wheel, its use with
carts, the conditioning of horses to pull and the care of early horses from the International
Museum of the Horse. Also check out The Reluctant Rider - four sections about the
long way up..the nose ring and the soft bit. Excellent Information.
- Written Law Codes - this site is courtesy of The Law Museum and my link takes you to
Hammurabi's code but before you leave the site, please scroll up to the top to read about the
law codes that preceded Hammurabi's.
- ABZU*** - a Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East available on the
Internet. - Directories, Libraries, Museums, Regional Studies and much more.( plus access to
ARGOS data base for specific searches) An excellent resource
- Akkadian Cuneiform**** - a Magellan 4 star site that provides much more than very
detailed, complete information about the written language. This is a wonderful mini course of
early Mesopotamian history. Every thing from important people to daily life (houses, cities,
food storage, metal-working, climate, religion and so very much more) This is a Must see site.
-
Ancient History Source Book: Ancient Near East ****
- Everything you could want
from Paul Halsall at Fordham.
- Ancient Palestine and the Old Testament - an offering from CivWeb at Providence
College. The site contains quality annotated links to the archaeology, art, architecture,
history and Old Testament.
- Ancient Scripts - a very attractive site containing a great deal of information on early writing
systems from most of the areas of the globe. In addition to the Fertile Crescent and Africa,
you will find India, The Far East, Europe and America. A very nice site.
- The Ancient World -**** - Great Resource - a wonderful assortment of links to all
facets of Other Peoples of Early Civilizations...Visit this site
- Antiquity OnLine - very informative texts, maps, ideas and an index.
- Ancient World Wide Web*** - Hundreds and hundreds of alphabetized resources. This is
an outstanding collection of all things ancient, but you must search the long list to find just
what you are looking for. Resources are according to title and not time period, culture or
area. Still, this is where I usually start.
- Babylon, Persia and Judaism - read about the downfall of the "greats" and the
establishment of a new order. Meet the rulers, click to see historical maps and more. Very
informative site.
- Babylonian Mathematics - read about the ancient base 60 system and see examples of
cuneiform tablets that may have been the earliest calculators. Easy, interesting read from The
History of Mathematics Archive.
- Counting Systems: Sumerian and Babylonian - one short page about the base 60
systems and some images to help you understand.
- EAWC Ancient Near East*** - from the University of Evansville's Exploring Ancient
World Cultures program, the section dealing with the Near East. The site contains an
introduction, chronology, essays, maps, resources and links. This is a great place to gain a
basic understanding of the area.
- Hebrew Law - from Reading about the World Vol. I, read the introductory paragraph by
Paul Brians of Washington State University to understand the importance of "The Law"
to the Jews and a very short contrast to the 10 Commandments of Christianity. Then
proceed to the text and specific articles of Law. Some sound very familiar to Christians
others not so. Very informative site.
- History of Bronze Age Mesopotamia - a wonderful site choked full of historical
information about the various civilizations and individuals that inhabited the Fertile Crescent
- History of Israel (gopher) - all text but a tremendous amount of information on the History
of Israel and the Meso area.
- History of Mesopotamian Medicine - From the History of Biomedicine, links to about
20 sites on the Net dealing with medicine and health.
- History of Money - a Top 5% site that has everything you ever wanted to know about
money (except how to hold on to it) . For our purposes read
- Judaism and Jewish Resources - exactly what it says....A page of links to information
about Judaism and Jewish Culture, Daily life, Museums, Libraries and much more.
- Mesopotamia - from Richard Hooker's World Cultures class - a wonderful site with
loads of information on all the cultures, people, language, timeline, resources, images and
more.
- Mesopotamian Web - from Providence College Civ Web - annotated links to sites
dealing with Mesopotamian Art and Archaeology
- Odyssey Online: Near East - very nice site from Emory University that includes info on
mythology, daily life, writing, literature and more.
- Resources for the Ancient Middle East - one page of links to sites of interest.
- World Wide Web Sites Relating to the Ancient Mediterranean - Compiled by Dr. K.
C. Hanson - very nice list, well organized and very helpful.
- Art History 201 Ancient Mesopotamia - This site is for Prof. Nick Cahill's class at The
University of Wisconsin, Madison and it is a wonderful site for viewing art from
prehistoric Mesopotamia, Akkad, Assyria, Babylon and Persia. The famous Ishtar Gates and
the Palace at Persepolis can be seen here. A must see for Art Students (Ishtar Gates plus
details)
- Art History: The Fertile Crescent - one nice page with several images and some
informative text.
- MCCM Ancient Near Eastern Art - this link takes you to the MC Carlos Museum and
a look at their permanent collection of Near Eastern Art. There is a nice introduction and a
good variety of objects to see including pottery, cylinder seals and sculpture.
- The Art of Mesopotamia **** - Coconino Community College - Alan Petersen -
- Assyrian Gallery - This site may not be for everyone. It is a Virtual Tour put on by the
Oriental Institute Virtual Museum from the University of Chicago and you must have
Apple Quick Time VR Software Player installed on your computer. If you do, this is a fun
and informative place to spend quite a while. Roam through the various exhibits in the 3D
world and click on the items to find out more about them. Thirteen different panoramic
sections to explore.
- The Babylonian Collection, Sterling Memorial Library - three nice pieces and
accompanying text
- Cylinder Seals: Middle Bronze , Late Bronze , Iron Age - each of these three links has
a paragraph detailing the characteristics of the time period and then several links to view the
beautiful designs on the seals. Also included are a few examples of stamp seals.
- DIA:Galleries: Ancient Art - Detroit Institute of Art - Mesopotamia a short
introduction and six clickable images for Mesopotamia and a link at the bottom of the page
to an additional 4 images from Persepolis and Ancient Iran.
- Find an Image **** University of Wisconsin-Madison Art history Department
provides a superior resource. You may search the database for artist, time periods or
geographic locations. for our purposes try
- Persepolis (under site) 23 images
- Ancient Near East: Akkadian (under period) 4 images
- Ancient Near East: Assyrian (under period) 33 images
- Ancient Near East: Persian (under period) 37 images
- Gateway to Art History: Ancient Near Eastern Art - wonderful site with links to
individual works of art at many different locations.- thanks to Chris Witcombe at Sweet
Briar College
- Glass making Discovered -The Corning Museum of Glass has a wonderful tale to tell
of early glass-making and the superstitions which surrounded the activity. Just one page but
entertaining and informative.
- Hanging Gardens - the History and an artist's conception of one of the Wonders of the
Ancient World. Did it really exist? Ancient travelers wrote about it - now you can read what
they had to say. I found most of the links in the text to be dead but they are not needed to
benefit from this site.
- Images of Ancient Iran - nine nice clickable images including one of the Tomb of Cyrus II
- Images from Ancient Iran and Persia - Fourteen very nice clickable images and a short
comment about some of them.
- The Israel Museum: Archaeology - very impressive collection from prehistory through the
late Islamic period. Very informative text. Check out the Neighboring Cultures and the
Numismatic Pavilion sections
- Material Culture Hypertext Index ** - an absolute storehouse of art works from early
Egypt, Canaan and Western Asia. Everything from buttons? to daggers. Art students -a
must see site
- Mesopotamia (Ur) - 3 clickable reconstructed images from the British Museum
- OI Museum Highlights a great selection from the Oriental Institute - and this time it is
for everyone. Fourteen examples of Mesopotamian
Art including: cylinder seals, lions from the Ishtar
Gates, gods and a statuette. Some good stuff
here.Check out a few more from Assyria and
Palestine.
- Periods in Art History: Mesopotamia - follow
through the informative text and click on links as you
go- nice images and a nice overview from
University of Tampico
- Persepolis - six clickable photos from Iran (Persepolis) and four from Iraq-- may not sound
like much but it's worth a trip here.
- Persepolis - nine dramatic color photos of the once great capital of the Persian Empire. A
very interesting read and beautiful pictures.
- Persian Images - about seven images, mostly of architecture, an additional fifteen images of
sites in and around Persepolis and a few personal items including a torque
- Slides of Mesopotamia - 17 images of very representational art of the area from
American Library Color Slide Co., Inc.
- Timelines in Art History - select Middle East area for an overview or a specific time
period and find images plus links to resources and literature...very nice site from Mike
Gunther
- Virtual Museum: Mesopotamia - Another Virtual tour from the Oriental Institute that
requires Apple Quick Time VR Software. These tours are really nice if you're set up for
them
- Virtual Museum: Persia - same as above only this time one panorama from Persia
- Ziggurat - a simple drawing of the Mesopotamian structure. No text.
- Ziggurats - a beautiful map to show the location (that for some reason takes forever to load)
and three structures to choose from: The White Temple at Warka - 7 images - inside and
out, The Ziggurat at UR - 16 images and Marduk (Tower of Babel) - 9 images. These
are worth waiting for.
- Ancient Near Eastern Texts - a searchable archive from Brandeis including: RSV Bible
- Avesta - Zoroastrian Scripture - a site that provides many links, an English translation and
information about the ancient text.
- The Book of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Other Characters in Mythology**** -
extensive site organized by culture (Babylonian - Sumerian), specific type of myth or by
alphabet...a tremendous amount of info available here. Some are very brief definitions others
are nice stories....check it out.
- Catalog of Hittite Texts (CTH) - gold mine of Hittite Literature - includes poems, legal
texts, ritual, omen and much much more
- The Dead Sea Scrolls - There is a great deal of information at this site and some fragments
of the 2000 year old find which includes several types of artifacts in addition to the scrolls.
The site has about five pages to explore plus all the links to all the images.
- Deluge: Parallel Flood Stories - an interesting read if you can forget the background
which makes it difficult to see the text. The author attempts to demonstrate how legends pass
through both time and cultural barriers by showing the many similarities in the flood stories of
Sumeria, The Bible and Greco-Roman Myths. Author of this site is not identified.
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature - "in preparation at the
University of Oxford. Its aim is to make accessible, via the World Wide Web, over 400
literary works composed in the Sumerian language in ancient Mesopotamia during the
late third and early second millennia BC."
- Enuma elish, the Babylonian creation epos Translation - Translation (of all 7 tablets) by
Stephanie Dalley in ``Myth from Mesopotamia'', in the World Classics serie, Oxford
University Press, 1991 - Here follows tablet I, identical to S.Dalley with some slight
modifications.
- The Flood of Noah and the Flood of Gilgamesh - the stories and a wonderful comparison
chart.
- Gilgamesh - Part of the Assyro-Babylonian Mythology pages. Just a short overview of one
of the first epic poems in history
- The Great Hymn to Shamash - ."Among the longest and most beautiful of the hymns
that have come down to us in cuneiform, this ranks as one of the best products of
Mesopotamian religious writing." Translation by W. G. Lambert, in his Babylonian
Wisdom Literature (Oxford, 1960,)I, 127 ff. from Man and the Sacred
- Hebrew Creation Narrative (Genesis 1-3) - from Reading about the World Vol. I, a
recount of creation according to the Bible...there are some interesting footnotes at the bottom
about the differences between Christian and Jewish interpretations of highlighted passages.
- Hittite Literature in Translation -ZARPIYA'S RITUAL - Translation by Billie Jean
Collin - one page text only
- The Hymn to Ninkasi - Translation by Miguel Civil - from the Brewing an Ancient Beer
page - about half way down you will find the Hymn
- Persian Poetry Page - very nice site of links to bios and the works of poets in the classical,
Taanze and modern periods.
- Proto-Canaanite and Phoenician Scripts (Lawrence Kwok Leung Lo) development of
the alphabet
- Proverbs in Sumerian Cuneiform - see the cuneiform text...click for a translation
- Sumerian Text Archive - "The Sumerian Text Archive offers a growing collection of
transliterated Sumerian texts. These texts have been transliterated using only characters from
the ASCII alphabet so that the text files can be used on every type of computer."
- Tale of Sinuhe - excerpt from the Middle Bronze Age story that describes early Asiatic life.
(from Ancient Near Eastern Texts by James Pritchard. 1969)
- The WWW Bible Gateway*** - whether you consider the Bible a sacred text, Divinely
inspired or just an early anthology, it must be included here not only for its literary importance
but also the tremendous influence it has had in the development of Western Civilizations.This
site is great. It lets you search through verses or books in six different translations. It also
has a function that enables you to search for what the Bible says about...(specific term).
- Evidence of Harmony in Ancient Music - very informative site that has info on the
World's Oldest Song plus drawings of ancient instruments, musical scores and much more.
- Music of the Ancient Near East**** - sounds, info and images...great site from Richard
Dumbrill
- Origin of Oriental Dance - interesting site about the origin and evolution of what the article
calls the World's Oldest Dance (the belly dance)
- Veil and Drum Home Page - very informative multi-page site with information about the
music and dance of the area. You can also listen to the rhythm, see pictures of costumes and
even learn about the food.
- Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ - text only read about the older gods, the younger
gods, heroes and monsters that dominated the ancient beliefs of Mesopotamian inhabitants.
Pretty involved and very detailed. A lot of information..
- The Bible Tutor - a wonderful reference for Biblical people, places, events,
dates--everything you want to know about the Bible---start here.
- Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ - find out who they were, where they lived, what
gods they worshipped and more on this one page text with several images.
- Egyptian, Babylonian and Sumerian Mythology Menu - page after page of alphabetized
gods and myths - just select your letter and read away.
- Hittite Mythology - Text only, information packed page dealing with the major beliefs and
important figures in the Hittite culture. Major deities are defined and a brief overview of
Hittite history is presented.
- Judaism and Jewish Resources - exactly what it says....A page of links to information
about Judaism and Jewish Culture, Daily life, Museums, Libraries and much more.
- OU On Line Torah Pages - nice site explaining Jewish Religion and life. Links to the Torah
on line and pages on Jewish Philosophy and Beliefs, Daily life and much more.
- Sumerian Mythology - the central beliefs and identification of the main figures of the
Sumerian Religious beliefs. This is not a simple site - there's a lot of information here
- Sumerian Religion - "The Sumerian religion and its pantheon is the oldest in recorded
history. This page is dedicated to the "original religion" - its history, development and
rituals."
- Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity: Protective Magic - Babylonian Demon Bowls
- page text with a link to six example images from the Kelsey Museum
- Zoroastrian Doctrines and Rituals - by Pallan R. Ichaporia - One page article about the
3500 year old Religion, its history and major tenets
- Ancient Scripts: The Fertile Crescent - wonderful site on the development of ancient
writing systems. Background information on Persian, Canaanite, Phoenician and more - plus
a section on the development of the alphabet.
- Assessing Women's lives in Mesopotamia - from Women in World History
Curriculum - a very informative site that uses translations of ancient texts to give us clues
about the women of the ancient Middle East.
- Bronze Age Houses - read about the dwellings from simple homes to regal palaces and
click on links to see different views of many of them.
- Bronze Age Weapons - read about and see examples of Middle Bronze and Iron Age
weapons from Egypt and Western Asia.
- Composite Bow - Read about the weapon carried by ancient warriors. See diagrams of
how it was constructed.
- Food in the Ancient World - just some links to a sites dealing with food in general and a
few with ties to the Ancient world. (I'm looking for a site that gives more information)
- Foods of the Bible by Phyllis Glazer - great site that gives you a little history and some
very nice recipies ....wheat, barley and the seven species.
- Health and Medicine in Mesopotamia - read about the sources, the concepts of disease,
the men who practiced medicine and more on this very informative site from Professor
Nancy Demand at Indiana University
- History of Costumes - this is a great visual site, no textual info but 12 images that can be
enlarged to see ancient dress of different Mesopotamian cultures and the different classes.
- History of Plumbing: Babylon - Great site with lots of info on irrigation, pipes, bathrooms,
materials used, even a nice section on The Hanging Gardens. Visit this site.The same type
of information on plumbing in Jerusalem.
- History of Cheese - this takes you to the home page so just click on the History and read
all about the humble beginnings of this very versatile food.
- The Jerusalem Mosaic**** - This is a Great site (the Homepage took a very long time
to load) that offers the option of the Old Mosaic or the New Mosaic. The Old offers sites
and sounds, portraits, old maps and artwork. The New offers an introduction to the history
at different periods through costumes, people, food and customs. Homepage also has a
Virtual Tour option.( This site was very frustrating in the amount of time it took to load
every page. Maybe it would be better at a different time I tried at 2:45 am CST)
- Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia**** - an excellent resource giving the background
and concept of disease and medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia from The Asclepion -
designed and maintained by Mark Hayes and Ethan Watrall at Indiana University
- Middle East: Bronze Age ......Iron Age.......Later Empires - very informational site with
images, maps, historical text, Law codes and even some prayers from the area. Lots of good
stuff on the language too.
- Persian Carpet Gallery - read a little history, see some beautiful examples and learn about
the different regions associated with carpet-making.
- Seven Wonders of the World - Top 5% site - visit all of the Wonders of the Ancient
World. Click on the small image to see a larger version, read its history and find out
everything happening with excavations of possible sites relating to the structure.Very
attractive site.
- Sumerian Beer - Was the desire to make beer and not bread the compelling force that led
early man to settle down into small agricultural communities? Read about the Beer-Bread
debate and the recreation of Sumerian beer, using an ancient text for the recipe, by the
Anchor Brewing Company.
- Sumerian Language Page - learn about the language and see examples of cuneiform
writing. Maybe a little technical for our purposes. But check out the proverbs.
- A Walk through Time: Ancient Calendars - very good site that has sections on all the
early civilizations and their methods and reasons for marking time.
The above links were found at: http://history.evansville.net/meso.html#Art
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Building a web site? See some of the sites I found helpful.
CLICK 'DJ's Design Center' for beautiful backgrounds, borders, etc.
CLICK 'TUNE-UP' your webpage (free).
CLICK 'SiteOwner.com' another tune-up site (free).
CLICK 'Scotfree' has free counters, free chat, free stats and guestbooks, etc.
CLICK 'Gif Optimizer' will optimize and resize your Gifs for free.
CLICK 'Very Best Midi'. Do you like the music on my website? Go here!.
CLICK 'Rick's HTML'. HTML samples and color codes :-}.
CLICK 'Website Abstraction'. Free Java Scripts and alot more!.
CLICK More HTML codes. Learn to create tables and make borders, link tags, etc.
CLICK Animated Gifs and Jpegs to Spice up your web Page.
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