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Ancient Sumer & Mesopotamia
Please see the information on ancient Sumer and Mesopotamia in Sumer and the Sumerians (TEEN REF 935), Ancient Civilizations (TEEN REF 930), and The Usborne Book of the Ancient World (TEEN REF 930), and try searching our catalog for the subject words Sumer, Sumerians, ancient civilizations, or Mesopotamia.
Don't forget to ask the librarian if there are books set aside on school reserve for this topic!
Mon, Fri: 10-6; Tue-Thur: 10-7; Sat: 10-5; Sun: 1-5 (Sept-June)
- Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia
- The role of women in Ancient Mesopotamia.
- Code of Hammurabi
- A translation of the ancient laws that governed the area. First discovered in 1901, these laws are currently the earliest known complete set of codified laws.
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures
- A timeline of the Ancient Near East. See also images of the Ancient Near East.
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- One of the "Seven Wonders of the World."
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
- A huge list of links to all sorts of information.
- Map of Ancient Mesopotamia
- From the Nippur Expedition.
- Mesopotamia (Ur)
- This image is a reconstruction of the ancient city of Ur, established around 2100 B.C. as the capital of the Mesopotamian Civilization.
- Sumerian
- Art, culture, mythology, religion, history, social systems, and more.
- The Sumerians
- A no-frills, packed with information page.
- Sumerian Language Page
- Links to information about the Sumerian language.
- Sumerian Mythology FAQ
- This site provides history of Sumer, but you must scroll down the page to see it