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Foundations of World History: Ancient Mesopotamia

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BOOKS

Mesopotamia ebooks

DATABASES

ABC Clio Mesopotamia

Great place to start your online research about Ancient Mesopotamia

Mesopotamian ziggurat

Start with the article linked below, then click the links in the article to find more specific information (about people groups and cultural elements). 

Ancient Mesopotamia Article - ABC Clio Database

If accessing from home, use the ABC-Clio login info, found in this document.

EBSCO Discovery Service - Research Starter

EBSCO - Research Databases, EBooks ...

This is another good starter article with links to more information.

 Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia Research Starter

Britannica

Britannica has a great reference article, including a lot of information about Hammurabi and links to more info. 

History of Mesopotamia

World History in Context - Gale

WEBSITES

Websites Resources

Check out this video from Nat Geo


There is a lot of information on this site called TimeMaps.

Middle East 3500BC

The Library of Congress (Primary Sources)

 

National Archives (Primary Sources)

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