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Mesopotamia
A Collection of Informational Sites
for Middle School Students

 

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARCHAEOLOGICAL INFORMATION:

Finding and interpeting information
How do we find and interpret the information we use?

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mesopotamia Web Site
A site set up by a sixth grade class, containing links to numerous related sites at a variety of levels.

MESOPOTAMIA, a table of contents.
A bird's eye view: important time periods, famous city names, dynasties, terminology, as an invitation to see the literature on the Ancient Near East.

Life of women

MEDICINE

Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia

ART

 

Treasures From The Royal Tombs Of Ur

ARCHITECTURE

Architectural Marvels of Ancient Mesopotamia

HISTORY

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia
A brief general history of the Sumerians

History of SUMER
and southern Mesopotamia including religion, technology, and literature.

Brief history of Sumeria

Collapse of Mesopotamia
Why did the Mesopotamian civilization fall apart?

Babylonia, with several links to related sites

The Hittites
A brief history

The Hittites
Another brief history, including a MESOPOTAMIA TIMELINE

WRITING

Cuneiform Writing

MATH

Counting in Babylon

PLUMBING

Plumbing in Babylonia

LAW

Hammurabi's code

 

An ACTIVITY

"Create a map" activity for Ancient Mesopotamia
An end product activity for students who have been studying Mesopotamia.

 

 

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