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» A Collection of Mesopotamian Laws
   Laws governing private as well as public and political life found in fragment condition.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/2550mesolaws.html

» A Sumero-Akadian Prayer - To Every God
   General prayer asking any god for pardon for any transgression.
   http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/132.html

» Adapa and the Food of Life
   A story that parallels to the Old Testament.
   http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/adapa.htm

» Ancient Mesopotamia
   Categorized by art, biographies, daily life, maps, pictures, and research.
   http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_mesopotamia.htm

» Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia
   Analyzing cuneiform tablets and artifacts to discover women's status, work, and areas where they had some power.
   http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html

» Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia
   An interactive map leading to photographs of areas of importance.
   http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/SANDERS/PHOTOS/meso_map.html

» Babylonia and Ancient Near Eastern Texts
   Tablets and texts for serious links to research on Babylonia.
   http://www.piney-2.com/BabIndex.html

» Babylonian and Assyrian Literature
   Comprises the Epic of Izdubar, hymns, tablets, and cuneiform inscriptions.
   http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10887

» Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology
   An FAQ that discusses the deities that were worshiped.
   http://www.baal.com/baal/about/CanaaniteUgariticMythologyFAQ.shtml

» Chronology of Mesopotamia
   A detailed listing from 3750 B.C.E. to 63 B.C.E.
   http://www.cofc.edu/~piccione/graphics/mesop_chronol.html

» Collapse: Mesopotamia
   Essay on reasons for the fall of the empire.
   http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mesopotamia.html

» Counting in Babylon
   Article on the numbering system by Michael Fowler.
   http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/lectures/babylon.html

» CyberMuseum: Mesopotamia
   Images with comments and links.
   http://members.tripod.com/jaydambrosio/mesopotamia.html

» Dubsar, the Cuneiform Scribe
   A visit to the city of Nippur.
   http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/stone/319/

» Greek Reports of Babylonia, Chaldea, and Assyria
   An excerpt from Herodotus's The History of the Persian Wars, c. 430 B.C.E.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/greek-babylon.html

» Home Gape
   Texts, glossary, inscriptions, translations, bibliography, fonts, and book reviews.
   http://utenti.multimania.it/homegape/

» Ian Lawton's Mesopotamia Papers
   Research papers and links.
   http://www.ianlawton.com/mesindex.htm

» Inanna/Ishtar's Descent
   A story of the goddess' descent into the netherworld providing a testimony as to an early religion in which the goddess, woman, life and love was the center and the heart of religion.
   http://inanna.virtualave.net/tammuz.html

» Mari
   Brief history of the city with references.
   http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/mari.html

» Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia
   History, the sources, concepts of disease and healing, practitioners, and other sources of health care with a bibliography.
   http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/meso.HTM

» Mesopotamia
   Commentary and resources with ancient Sumerian and Babylonian texts.
   http://www.interfaith.org/ancient/mesopotamia/

» Mesopotamian Chronicles
   Historiographical texts.
   http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/chron00.html

» Sam Ruff's Mesopotamia
   Photographs with audio.
   http://users.rcn.com/jrp2/sam/

» The Code of the Nesilim
   Excerpts of the laws.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/1650nesilim.html

» The Concept Of Personal God(dess) In Enheduana's Hymns to Inanna
   Paper on the first named and female author in all of world literature.
   http://www.angelfire.com/mi/enheduanna/Enhedwriting.html

» The Great Hymn to Shamash
   Ranks as one of the best products of Mesopotamian religious writing.
   http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/133.html

» The Hebrews to 1000 BCE
   Historical article from Abraham to King David.
   http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch04.htm

» The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon
   A listing of omens, c. 2500 - 670 B.C.E.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/bablylonian-astrology.html

» The Royal Game of Ur
   An article by Catherine Soubeyrand, including the rules.
   http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/Ur.html

» The Tablet of Adapa
   The story of the first man.
   http://www.earth-history.com/Sumer/adapa.htm

» Ziggurat
   A description of a temple tower.
   http://www.livius.org/za-zn/ziggurat/ziggurat.html