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| Table of Contents | |||
| 1. From the Prehistoric to the Rise of Civilizations | 7. Mythology and Religion | ||
| Prehistoric, Neolithic Revolution, Development of Civilization | Mythology, Religion | ||
| 2. Mesopotamia - Maps, History and Legacy | 8. Trade and Conflict | ||
| History, Legacy | Trade, Conflict | ||
| 3. Daily Life | 9. Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts | ||
| Daily Life, Education and Culture, Food/Clothing, Medicine | Videos, Images, PowerPoints, Podcasts | ||
| 4. Geography and Farming | 10. Webquests and Tasks | ||
| Geography, Farming | WebQuests, Tasks | ||
| 5. Government, Law, and the Different Kingdoms | 11. Fun and Museums | ||
| Government and Rulers, Law, History of the Different Kingdoms | Fun, Museums | ||
| 6. Technology | 12. Miscellaneous Resources | ||
| The Wheel, Writing and Mathematics, Architecture, Working with Metal | Doing Research, Google Apps Tutorials Translate, Misc., Folktales and Stories | ||
1. From the Prehistoric Through the Neolithic to Early Civilization
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Prehistoric |
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1. Prehistory (mr.dowling.com) |
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2. Prehistory explained (simple.wikipedia.org) |
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3. 10,000 years ago (edunetconnect.com) |
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4. The first humans: PowerPoint Presentation (by Lin Donn and Phillip Martin, ancienthistory.pppst.com) |
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5. Prehistory to 3000 BCE: PowerPoint Presentation (by Pearson Education, USA at teacherweb.com) |
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6. Forensic Detectives - Archaeology at Work: 55 min video requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education) |
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The Neolithic Revolution |
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1. "Join the Neolithic Revolution": graphic comic (Science Museum of Minnesota) |
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2. Neolithic Age - the New Stone Age (ancientanatolia.com) |
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3. Neolithic - first farmers (gallica.co.uk) |
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4. Neolithic (Archaeolink Prehistory Park, UK) |
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5. Neolithic Age (Answers.com) |
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6. The Neolithic Revolution - farming changes the world (The BBC, United Kingdom) |
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7. The Neolithic Revolution (wikipedia.org) |
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8. The earliest cities (Saudi Aramco World magazine, Saudi Arabia) |
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9. The Neolithic Revolution: 9 minute video (youtube.com) |
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10. Moving to the Neolithic - Stories from the Stone Age: 52 minute video (video.google.com) |
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The Development of Civilization |
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1. What is civilization? (Mr. Dowling .com) |
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2. Dictionary definitions (factmonster.com) |
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3. What are the characterizes of civilization? (Emory University, GA, USA) |
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4. Start of civilization (Ithica City School District, NY, USA) |
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5. The rise of a Near East civilization (Emory University, GA, USA) |
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6. Virtual tour of an ancient Turkish community (Science Museum of Minnesota, USA) |
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7. Welcome to Catalhoyuk: 7.5 minute video (youtube.com) |
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8. The foundation of civilization? (howstuffworks.com) |
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9. Civilization (wikipedia.org) |
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10. What are the characteristics of a civilization? (C. Trammel at slideshare.net) |
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11. The first civilizations (Ministry of Education, Spain) |
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12. Early river valley civilizations (N. Greenwood, Cleveland State Community College, Tennessee, USA) |
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13. The first civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China: PowerPoint presentation (Mrs. Bradley, Kerr H.S., Texas Education Network, USA) |
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14. Traders and empire builders: PowerPoint presentation (Mrs. Bradley, Kerr H.S., Texas Education Network, USA) |
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15. Why do civilizations fail? (learner.org) |
2. Mesopotamia History, and Legacy |
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Geography, Chronology and Historic Overview |
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1. Map of Mesopotamia over time (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. Where was Mesopotamia? (Ann Marie Dlott, Shrewsbury Public Schools, MA, USA) |
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3. Chronology of Mesopotamia (gatewaystobabylon.com) |
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4. Timeline of Middle East History 3500 BC to 500 AD (worldhistory.timemaps.com) |
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5. Timeline of Mesopotamia (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA) |
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6. Migration to the Fertile Cresent: 1.5 min video (howstuffworks.com) |
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7. Overview of Mesopotamian history: PowerPoint presentation (Joseph Edwards, Niles West HS, Illinois, USA) |
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8. History of Mesopotamia (gatewaystobabylon.com) |
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9. River valley civilizations: PowerPoint presentation (worldofteaching.com) |
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10. Four early river valley civilizations: PowerPoint presentation (T. Loessin, Akins H.S., Austin, Texas, USA) |
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11. Introduction to Mesopotamia: 3 min video (National Geographic Society) |
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12. Introduction to the Fertile Cresent: 10 min video (videopediaworld.org) |
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13. Mesopotamia - from Nomads to farmers: 20 min video - requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education) |
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Legacy |
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1. What is a legacy? (simple.wikipedia.org) |
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2. Achievements (ablemedia.com) |
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3. Mesopotamian achievements (Buhler SD, Kansas, USA) |
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4. Mesopotamian achievements (thinkquest.org) |
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5. Overview of Iraq (National Geographic, USA) |
3. Daily Life |
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Daily Life |
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1. Birth of villages, towns and city-states (Agropolis-Museum, Montepellier, France) |
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2. Daily life in Ancient Sumer (mrdonn.org) |
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3. Jobs in Mesopotamia: pdf file (National Endowment for the Humanities, USA) |
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4. Daily life (Emory University, GA, USA) |
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5. Daily life in Ancient Mesopotamia (accessmylibrary.com) |
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6. The family in Ancient Mesopotamia (ancientopedia.com) |
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7. Sumerian people (Minnesota State University, USA) |
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8. Role of women (University of Chicago, Il., USA) |
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9. Womens' lives in Mesopotamia (womininworldhistory.com) |
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10. Daily life (University of Chicago, USA) |
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11. Cloth for the caravans (gatewaystobabylon.com) |
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12. Life in the marshes of Iraq: modern pictures of marsh life (travel.webshots.com) |
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Education and Culture |
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1. Education - Cuneiform (mrdonn.org) |
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2. Schools and schooling (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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3. Education |
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4. Cuneiform writing (Washington State University, USA) |
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5. Education of scribes: 2 minute video (howstuffworks.com) |
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6. Scribal education in Ancient Babylonia (D.R. Frayne, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada) |
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7. Mesopotamia - Recreation (gatewaystobabylon.com) |
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8. Festivals (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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9. Music room (Joseph Berrigan) |
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10. Oldest song in the world? (greenwych.ca) |
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Food and Clothing |
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1. Food - in the Near East (Emory University, GA, USA) |
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2. Mesopotamian foods (foodtimeline.org) |
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3. Ancient Mesopotamian recipes: pdf file (University of Chicago, Il, USA) |
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4. Mesopotamian menus (Saudi Aramco World magazine, Saudi Arabia) |
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5. Adapted recipes from Ancient Mesopotamia (bellaonline.com) |
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7. Clothing (ablemedia.com) |
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6. Mesopotamian clothing (fashionencyclopedia.com) |
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8. Daily Life - clothing (kidsnewsroom.org) |
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9. Ancient Mesopotamia - fashion: student project (https://socials-la-wiki.wikispaces.com) |
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10. History of clothing from around the world (Mahmood Textile Group, Pakistan) |
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11. Photographic evidence of different clothing styles (nantucketisle.com/school/) |
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Medicine |
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1. Mesopotamian medicine (thinkquest.org) |
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2. Medicine (Hamid Medical Corporation, Qatar) |
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3. History of ancient medicine (iranchamber.com) |
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4. Medicine and the law (Hamid Medical Corporation, Qatar) |
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5. Babylonian medicine (wikipedia.org) |
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6. Medicine and healing (Higher Education Academy, U.K.) |
4. Geography and the Development of Farming |
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Geography |
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1. Geographic features: click on map to see pop-ups (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. Geography of Mesopotamia (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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3. Map of the Fertile Crescent (fsmitha.com) |
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4. Where was Mesopotamia? (ablemedia.com) |
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5. Geography and maps (mrdonn.com) |
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Farming |
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1. The Fertile Crescent (Mr. Dowling .com) |
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2. The farming year (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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3. The rise of farming and irrigation in Mesopotamia (worldhistory.timemaps.com) |
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4. From farming to civilization: PowerPoint presentation (Tarleton State University, Texas, USA) |
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5. The first farmers: click on images, at bottom, for more information (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
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6. Agricultures heritage: 26 minute video (archeologychannel.org) |
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7. Domestic animals (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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8. History of the domestication of animals (historyworld.net) |
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9. Animal domestical - table of dates and places (K. Kris Hirst, about.com) |
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10. Irrigation systems of Mesopotamia (ablemedia.com) |
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11. Irrigation (ablemedia.com) |
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12. Ancient irrigation (ablemedia.com) |
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13. Items list (irrigationmuseum.org) |
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14. Agricultural technology (Washington State University, USA) |
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15. The start of agriculture (Washington State University, USA) |
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16. Ancient farming - core concepts (K.Kirst from about.com) |
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17. Social consequences of agriculture (Washington State University, USA) |
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18. When farming fails (learner.org) |
5. Government, Law, and the History of the Different Kingdoms |
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Government and Rulers |
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1. Kingship (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. Mesopotamian government (Buhler SD, Kansas, USA) |
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3. Start of government scroll down to "First small kingdoms" |
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4. Law and Government (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
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5. Power and politics in Sumeria (fsmitha.com) |
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5. Rulers of Mesopotamia (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA) |
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6. Summerian Kings (livius.org) |
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7. Rulers of Mesopotamia (CDLI WIKI, University of California, USA) |
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5. Hammurabi #1 (mrdowling.com) |
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6. Hammurabi #2 (thenagain.info) |
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7. Hammurabi #3 (lexicorient.com) |
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8. Hammurabi #4 (infoplease.com) |
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9. Nebuchadnezzar II (wikipedia.org) |
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10. Nebuchadnezzar II (infoplease.com) |
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11. Nebuchadnezzar II (lexicorient.com) |
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12. Nebuchadnezzar II: contains video link (formerthings.com) |
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13. Sargon the Great #1 (historycentral.com) |
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14. Sargon the Great #2 (lexicorient.com) |
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15. Sargon the Great #3 (historyguide.org) |
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16. Sargon the Great #4 (infoplease.com) |
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17. Sargon the Great #5: podcast - available as MP3 (Military History Podcast, USA) |
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The Development of Law |
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1. Hummurabi's code (mr.dowling.com) |
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2. Hammurabi's code of law (phillipmartin.info) |
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3. Written in stone: animation (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
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4. The laws of Hammurabi (histroyguide.org) |
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5. The code of Hammurabi (lawbuzz.com) |
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6. Hummurabi's code: scroll to bottom for actual laws (University of Evansville, Indiana, USA) |
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7. Kudurru - legal documents: animation (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
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History of the Different Kingdoms |
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1. Change in Ancient Mesopotamia 3000 - 1000 BCE and from 700 to 300 BCE: requires Shockwave (University of Oregon, USA) |
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2. Assyria, Babylonia, Sumer (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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3. History of the region (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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4. History of Mesopotamia (crystalinks.com) |
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5. Sumeria (mrdowling.com) |
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6. The "small kingdoms" of Sumer (Jean-Claude Brinette) |
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7. Sumer (Encyclopedia of the Orient) |
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8. Sumer (Internet Archive) |
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9. First Summerians: PowerPoint (Chris Guthrie, Tarelton State University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA) |
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10. Sumeria (answers.com) |
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11. Babylon #1 (simple.wikipedia.org) |
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12. Babylon #2 (Encyclopedia of the Orient) |
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13. Babylon #3 (Minnesota State University, USA) |
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14. Amorites in Babylon (Internet Archive) |
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15. Babylon Empire (crystalinks.com) |
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16. Babylon #4 (answers.com) |
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17. The Assyrians (mrdowling.com) |
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18. Assyria #1 (Encyclopedia of the Orient) |
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19. Assyria #2 (Minnesota State University, USA) |
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20. Assyria #3 (Internet Archive) |
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21. Assyria #4 (answers.com) |
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22. An Assyrian palace (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA) |
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23. Hittites #1 (Encyclopedia of the Orient) |
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24. Hittites #2: only take notes from top sections I-III (web.archieve.org) |
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25. Hittites #3 (angelfire.com) |
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26. Hittites #4 (Washington State University) |
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27. Hittites #5 (answers.com) |
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28. Ancient Persia #1 (Internet Archive) |
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29. Ancient Persia #2 (theancientweb.com) |
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30. Achaemenid Dynasty (Encyclopedia of the Orient) |
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31. Persia (answers.com) |
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32. Persian Empire: 5 minute video (televizioon.com) |
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33. The Persians: 10 minute video (watchknow.org) |
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34. Mesopotamia - a review: PowerPoint (Niles H.S. Illinois, USA) |
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35. Mesopotamia - a review: 3 minute video (watchknow.org and National Geographic) |
6. Technology |
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The Wheel - for Pottery |
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1. The origin of the potter's wheel (ceramic-studio.net) |
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2. Ancient and medieval pottery (historyforkids.org) |
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3. Inventions based on simple machines - the potter's wheel: pdf (Wiley Publishers, USA) |
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4. The potter's wheel (ceramicstudios.me.uk) |
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5. Traditional potter's wheel (wikipedia.org) |
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6. Making a modern pot on an electric pottery wheel: 5 minute video (video.google.com) |
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7. Making Greek vases: go to page 2 Real Player video (The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA) |
| The Wheel - for Land Transportation | |
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8. Invention of the wheel (thinkquest.org) |
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9. Potter's wheel and wagon wheel (historyworld.net) |
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10. Daily life - the wheel: pdf (Utah Education Network, USA) |
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11. The sledge in the Stone Age: 3 minute video - very slow to load (archeologychannel.org) |
| The Wheel - Others | |
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12. The Persian water wheel: includes 3 videos (rainwaterharvesting.wordpress.com) |
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13. History of the noria - Persian water wheel (machinerylubrication.com) |
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14. The water wheel (wikipedia.org) |
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15. Archimedes' screw (wikipedia.org) |
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16. Millstone image (Purdue University, Indiana, USA) |
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16. Rotary quern (answers.com) |
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17. Rotary power (historyworld.net) |
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18. Quern-stone grinding wheels (wikipedia.org) |
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19. History of spinning (historyforkids.org) |
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20. Spinning (historyworld.net) |
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Writing and Mathematics |
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1. Clay tablets: animation (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
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2, Writing (The British Museum, United Kingdom) |
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3. The development of writing (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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4. Writing (mr.dowling.com) |
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5. Writing (Emory University, USA) |
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6. Cuneiform writing (John Chuchiak, Missouri State University, USA) |
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7. Development of writing: 2 minute animation (howstuffworks.com) |
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8. Writing a cuneiform tablet: 3 minute animation (youtube.com) |
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9. Cylinder seals: animation (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
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10. Mesopotamia - the development of written language: 20 min video requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education) |
| Mathematics | |
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1. Cuneiform numbers (St. Lawrence University, NY, USA) |
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2. Babylonian mathematics (University of St. Andrews, U.K.) |
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3. Mathematics in Babylonia: 32 page pdf file (Texas A&M University, USA) |
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4. Mathematics (University of Virginia, USA) |
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5. Mathematics and measurement (University of Chicago, USA) |
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6. History of mathematics: 7 minute video (watchknow.org) |
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7. Story of maths - part 1 (youtube.org) |
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8. Base 20 and 60 systems - from the Maya and Babylonians: 2 minute video (howstuffworks.com) |
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Architecture |
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1. West Asian architecture (historyforkids.org) |
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2. Sumerian architecture (wikipedia.org) |
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3. Assyrian architecture (wikipedia.org) |
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4. Ziggurats (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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5. Ziggurat (lexicorient.com) |
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6. Ziggurats (wikipedia.org) |
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7. Assyrian palaces (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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8. Ishtar Gate (archinform.net) |
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9. Ishtar Gate (wikipedia.org) |
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Working with Metal and Other Inventions |
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1. Technology - background (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. Copper history (rameria.com) |
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3. The discovery of copper (ezinearticles.com) |
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4. Copper in ancient times (dragonseedcave.com) |
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5. Early smelting and metallurgy (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) |
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6. Metal work: examples of axes (University of Edinburgh, U.K.) |
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7. Copper in ancient times (copper.org) |
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8. Science and inventions (University of Chicago, USA) |
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9. Plumbing (plumber.com) |
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10. Sewers in ancient times (sewerhistory.org) |
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11. Sumerian technology (wikipedia.org) |
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12. Arabic and Islamic Inventions (Canadian Arab Friendship Society of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) |
7. Mythology and Religion |
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Mythology |
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1. Three myths (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. Elements of an Epic Hero cycle: pdf file or interactive file (National Endowment for the Humanities, USA) |
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3. Mythology in Babylonia (Emory University, GA, USA) |
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4. The epic of Gilgamesh: 5 minute animation (howstuffworks.com) |
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5. Gilgamesh (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland) |
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6. Gilgamesh (Washington State University, USA) |
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7. The epic tale of Gilgamesh (University of Evansville, Indiana, USA) |
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8. Gilgamesh: full text (ancienttexts.org) |
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9. The discovery of the tale of Gilgamesh (Saudi Aramco World magazine, Saudi Arabia) |
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10. The epic of Gilgamesh: 20 min video requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education) |
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Religion |
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1. Religion in Mesopotamia (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. The roots of religion: 5 minute video (howstuffworks.com) |
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3. Gods, goddesses, demons, and monsters - part one and part 2 (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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4. Early religion in Ancient mesopotamia (N.S. Gill at about.com) |
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5. Ziggurats, gods and goddesses (ablemedia.com) |
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6. Role of astronomers (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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7. Astronomy - background (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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8. Astrology and astronomy (astrologycom.com) |
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9. Sumerian religion (Minnesota State University, USA) |
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10. The gods of Sumer |
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11. Sumerian gods and goddesses (Ming Yuen Secondary School, Hong Kong, China) |
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12. The Sumerians and religion (fsmitha.com) |
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13. Religion in Babylon (fsmitha.com) |
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13. Royal tombs of Ur (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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14. Royal tombs - background (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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15. Death and burial (Emory University, USA) |
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16. Royal tombs of Ur: video (youtube channel of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, USA) |
8. Trade and Conflict |
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Trade |
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1 Natural resources map (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. Trade and transport (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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3. Travel (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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4. Trade and commerce (by Ann Marie Dlottn and Colleagues, Shrewsbury Public Schools, Massachusetts, USA) |
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5. Trade and commerce (mr.donn.org) |
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6. The economy in the Bronze Age (historyforkids.org) |
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7. The Sumerian economy (Minnesota State University) |
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7. Ancient trade routes (Al Ain Museum, United Arab Emirates) |
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8. The secrets of trade (ablemedia.com) |
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9. Trade (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, USA) |
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10. Cloth for the caravans (Elizabeth Wayland Barber, gatewaystobabylon.com) |
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11. Ancient ships (artsales.com) |
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12. Trade and transport in Mesopotamia (associatedcontent.com) |
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13. Stone anchors (University of Edinburgh, U.K.) |
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14. Tigris expedition of Thor Heyerdahl: video (youtube.org) |
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15. Mesopotamia - trade routes and transportation: 20 min video requires password (United Streaming/Discovery Education) |
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16. Chronology of money (University of Exeter, U.K.) |
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17. Invention of coins and banks (University of Exeter, U.K.) |
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Conflict |
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1. Warfare (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. Warfare - background (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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3. Early Sumerian warfare |
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4. Warfare and Empire (University of Chicago, USA) |
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5. History of warfare on land (historyworld.net) |
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6. Battle of Hamoukar (University of Chicago, IL, USA) |
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7. Assyrian Warriors - part 1 and part 2: for High School 10 minute videos (watchknow.org) |
9. Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts |
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Videos |
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1. Explore the land of UR: quicktime file - slow to load - at bottom of the page (Maricopa Community College, Arizona, USA) |
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2. Agriculture's heritage: 26 minute video (archeologychannel.org) |
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3. The sledge in the Stone Age: 3 minute video (archeologychannel.org) |
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4. Welcome to Catalhoyuk: 7.5 minute video (youtube.com) |
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5. Neolithic - parts 1 to 3: three 9 minute videos (cooliris and youtube) |
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6. LEGO meets the "Inventions of Mesopotamia": 8 minute video (watchknow.org) |
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7. Mesopotamia: 58 minute video (mazalien.com) |
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Images |
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1. Mesopotamian clip art #1 (Phillip Martin) |
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2. Mesopotamian clip art #2 (classroomclipart.com) |
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3. Ancient Iraq artifacts (British Museum, U.K.) |
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4. Sumerian artifacts (xfacts.com) |
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5. Art - the Louvre (Wikipedia Commons) |
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6. Ancient Near East art (multimedialibrary.com) |
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7. Archaeological images (archaeology.org) |
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8. Timeline of art history (art-and-archaeology.com) |
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9. Photo gallery of Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia (K.C. Hanson) |
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10. Mythology of Mesopotamia - images (Wikimedia Commons) |
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PowerPoints |
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1. The cradle of civilization: PowerPoint (Markville Secondary School, Ontario, Canada) |
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2. Overview of Mesopotamian history: PowerPoint presentation (Joseph Edwards, Niles West HS, Illinois, USA) |
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3. Mesopotamia - a review: PowerPoint (Niles H.S. Il, USA) |
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4. River valley civilizations: PowerPoint presentation (worldofteaching.com) |
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5. Four early river valley civilizations: PowerPoint presentation (T. Loessin, Akins H.S., Austin, Texas, USA) |
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6. Mesopotamia: PDF (Kazi Ashraf, University of Hawaii, USA) |
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Podcasts/Videocasts |
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1. Was Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization?: podcast - available as MP3 (mefeedia.com) |
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2. Sargon the Great: podcast - available as MP3 (Military History Podcast, USA) |
10. WebQuests and Tasks |
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WebQuests |
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1. Museum of Mesopotamia webquest (Shawna O'Hara, California, USA) |
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2. Hammurabi's code - you be the judge (philipmartin.info) |
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3. Discover Ancient mesopotamia (Stephanie Crop, Pacific University, Oregon, USA) |
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4. Dr. Evil and the civilization destroyer (Kara Dawson, Courtenay Middle School, BC, Canada) |
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5. Exploring Mesopotamia (Maryland Technology Academy, USA) |
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6. Navigating the river valleys (Landmark High School, New York, USA) |
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Tasks (Items 1 to 6 provide examples - item seven links to MetaList) |
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1. Mesopotamia Timeline: pdf (Verizon Foundation, USA) |
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2. Bowling for barley - the development of writing (Verizon Foundation, USA) |
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3. Jobs and the law: pdf (Verizon Foundation, USA) |
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4. Status of Women: pdf (Verizon Foundation, USA) |
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5. Medicine in Mesopotamia: pdf (Verizon Foundation, USA) |
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6. Trade in Old Babylonia: pdf (Verizon Foundation, USA) |
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7. Thinkfinity meta lesson list (Verizon Foundation and Partner Organizations, USA) |
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8. Teacher lesson plans (University of Chicago, IL, USA) |
11. Fun and Museums |
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Fun |
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1. Write like a Babylonian (University of Pennsylvania Museum, USA) |
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2. Never ending puzzle (British Museum, U.K.) |
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3. Mesopotamia games (quia.com) |
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4. Printable crossword puzzles (eduplace.com) |
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5. The royal game (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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6. The royal game of Ur (gamecabinet.com) |
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7. Free online games and activities centered on Ancient Mesopotamia (mrdonn.org) |
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Museums |
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1. Mesopotamia (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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2. World Cultures (The British Museum, U.K.) |
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3. Mesopotamian Gallery (Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
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4. Virtual Museum of Iraq (sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
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5. Metopolitian Museum (New York, USA) |
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6. Ancient Art and Architecture (University of Minnesota, USA) |
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7. Rediscovering Ur's Royal cemetery (University of Pennslvania, USA) |
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8. Near Eastern Antiguities - Mesopotamia (The Louvre, Paris, France) |
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9. Mesopotamian Civilization (Beijing World Art Museum, China) |
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10. Agropolis Museum - Food & Agricultures of the World (Agropolis-Museum, Montepellier, France) |
12. Miscellaneous Resources |
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Doing Research |
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1. How to do research: the CMS approach: see left side of page (Avi Luxenburg, Comox Valley School District, BC, Canada) |
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2. The Research Process (Oregon School Library Information System, USA) |
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3. Why should we study history? (schoolhistory.co, U.K.) |
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4. Primary vs. secondary sources (Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA) |
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5. A student's guide to the study of history (historyguide.org) |
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6. How to do history (bbc.co.uk) |
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7. Archaeology - excavations and techniques (bbc.co.uk) |
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8. How old is that? - dating techniques (Minnesota State University, USA) |
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9. Learn about the impact of conquests (bbc.co.uk) |
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10. Family histories (bbc.co.uk) |
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11. Sentences (actden.com) |
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12. Writing paragraphs (actden.com) |
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13. Writing essays (actden.com) |
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14. Guide to writing a basic essay (Kathy Livingston) |
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15. Turning Microsoft Word into a talking word processor (Paul Hamilton, SETBC) |
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Google Apps Tutorials |
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1. Google Apps Training (google.com) |
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2. Google Apps Learning Center (google.com) |
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3. Education Training Center (google.com) |
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4. Google Apps Education Community (google.com) |
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5. Help center for Google Apps (google.com) |
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6. Google Apps tips and tricks (google.com) |
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7. Google Apps: 27 short videos (google.com) |
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Translate Traduisez Traduzca 翻译 ترجم |
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1. Babel Fish translation (altavista.com) |
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2. Google Translate (google.com) |
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Misc. |
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1. Historic sites of Iraq (ECAI, University of California, USA) |
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2. Mesopotamian artifacts: 12 shockwave animations (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
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3. Wonders of the world (wonderclub.com) |
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4. United Nations World Heritage sites (The United Nations) |
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5. National Geographic - Treasures of Iraq parts one and two (National Geographic Society, USA) |
| Misc. - Late Neolithic and Other Cultures | |
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1. Natufian culture (wapedia.mobi) |
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2. The Natufian culture in the Levant: pdf (Ofer Bar-Yosef, Harvard University, Mass. USA) |
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3. Natufian culture (wikipedia.org) |
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4. Trypilian settlement in modern Ukraine (East European Development Institute, Ukraine) |
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5. Trypilian civilization |
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6. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture (wikipedia.org) |
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7. Trypillian culture: 3 minute video (Expo 2010, China) |
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8. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture: 6 minute video (youtube.org) |
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9. The Vinca culture (Ministry of Culture, Government of France) |
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10. Vinca pottery (netsell.com) |
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11. Vinca culture (wikipedia.org) |
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11. The Scythians (The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia) |
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12. Scythia (answers.com) |
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13. Scythia (wikipedia.org) |
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14. Scythian collection (John Haskins University of Pittsaburg, Pennsylvania, USA) |
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Myths, Folktales and Stories |
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1. The epic of Gilgamesh: 5 minute animation (howstuffworks.com) |
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2. The myths and archetypes of Mesopotamia: 7 minute animation (howstuffworks.com) |
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3. Classic ancient texts (gatewaystobabylon.com) |
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