Curated OER
Museum Education: Kids' Corner
An interactive examination of artifacts from Mesopotamia. Find out about early writing, the code of Hammurabi, and cylinder seals.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Timeline of Akkadia
Timeline of Akkadia
Other
Stony Brook University: Sennacherib's Palace Without Rival at Nineveh
This book by John Malcolm Russell, a professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, was published in 1991. Written from the perspective of an art historian, he presents his ideas about the function of the Palace without Rival by...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Counting in Babylon
A discussion of the number system used by the ancient Babylonians. Examples are provided for various mathematical operations based on the number 60 (our number system is based on the number ten).
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Assyrians
Ancient Assyrians were inhabitants of one the world's earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, which began to emerge around 3500 B . C . The Assyrians invented the world's first written language and the 360-degree circle, established...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Ur
This encyclopedia article from provides a detailed overview of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur. Content includes a focus on the history of this city and its archaeology. Links are also provided for additional information.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk
Uruk (modern Warka in Iraq)is where city life began more than five thousand years ago. In the center of the city, the greatest monument was the Anu Ziggurat on which the White Temple was built. View pictures and read descriptions of this...
Other
All Mesopotamia: One Man's Green Thumb and Thirst for Power
The life, achievements, and military conquests of Sennacherib are outlined. Includes descriptive details of his famous palace.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: History of Numbers
Dr. Math tackles the question of man's first use of numbers by relating the work of Denise Schmandt-Bessarat and her studies of "'tokens' found all over the Middle East.
Other
Mesopotamian Civilization: The Land Between the Rivers
This detailed article on the Sumerians provides information on Sumerian writing, myth, education, city-states, and artifacts. Part of a larger world history website, "The Land Between the Rivers," is an excellent introduction to the...
Library of Congress
Loc: Global Gateway: Cuneiform Tablets
View clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient Sumerian pictographic writing system known as cuneiform and read about the ancient writing system.
Sacred Text Archive
Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation
A 1902 translation of the Enuma Elish, the ancient Mesopotamian creation myth.
Luther Seminary
Bible Tutor: Assyria
Bible Tutor offers a brief description of the location and history of Assyria. Inlcudes image and map.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: Sumer, 3500 1900 Bc
Survey of ancient Sumer that describes Mesopotamian civilization's way of life, cities, religion, technology, and so on.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Early Peoples
Regents prep site giving the history of the Paleolithic Period and Early River Civilizations. Includes pictures and map.
Other
Norwegian University of Science and Technology: Lost Forever
A slideshow accompanied by a description of archaeological discoveries from the ancient Assyrian cities of Nineveh and Nimrud in Iraq, both of which were severely damaged by the Islamic State in March 2015. The slideshow includes images...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Ancient Civilizations and the Modern World
Learn how ancient civilzations developed based on the local physical features and how the boundaries of early civilizations compare to their modern counterparts.
Other
Aina: A Brief History of Assyrians: Geography
This is a brief article describing the geography of Assyria and its extent across the Middle East. Click on the word Assyria to take you to a map the region.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Life in Old Babylonia: The Importance of Trade
For this lesson plan, learners will consider "Life in Old Babylonia: The Importance of Trade." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
Other
Alchetron Technologies: Sennacherib: Administration and Building Projects
This is a lengthy article on Sennacherib and this particular section has a detailed description of how he planned and constructed the city of Nineveh and his famous Palace Without Rival.
Other
Livius: Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib
A collection of high-resolution photos of carvings from the walls of the Palace of Sennacherib, as well as a drawing of a map.
Curated OER
Museum Education: Kids' Corner
An interactive examination of artifacts from Mesopotamia. Find out about early writing, the code of Hammurabi, and cylinder seals.
Curated OER
Museum Education: Kids' Corner
An interactive examination of artifacts from Mesopotamia. Find out about early writing, the code of Hammurabi, and cylinder seals.
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