Ancient Near East

3500-330 B.C.E.

ANCIENT NEAR EAST CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Ancient Mesopotamia 101National Geographic
Floods in the Ancient Near EastCrash Course World Mythology
The Epic of GilgameshCrash Course World Mythology
MesopotamiaCrash Course World History

Sumer

The rise and fall of history’s first empire - TED-EdSoraya Field Fiorio
White Temple and Its ZigguratUruk (modern Warka, Iraq)Sumerianc. 3500–3000 B.C.E.Mud brick
Statues of Votive FiguresFrom the Square Temple at EshnunnaSumerianc. 2700 B.C.E.Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
Standard of UrFrom the Royal Tombs at UrSumerianc. 2600–2400 B.C.E.Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone

BabylonIA

Babylonia IntroSmartHistory
Hammurabi and the Babylonian EmpireHistory Time
Visiting BabylonSmartHistory
Code Stele of HammurabiSusianc. 1792–1750 B.C.E.Basalt

ASSYRIA

Assyria IntroductionSmartHistory
Rise and Fall of the Assyrian EmpireTED Ed
Ashurbanipal Hunting LionsSmartHistory
Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon IIDur SharrukinNeo-Assyrianc. 720–705 B.C.E.Alabaster

PERSIA

The Persian EmpireSmartHistory
The Persians and GreeksCrash Course World History
Overview of Ancient Persia Khan Academy
Apadana of Darius and XerxesPersepolis, IranPersianc. 520–465 B.C.E.Limestone

PETRA

Petra, Jordan | CivilisationsBBC Two
Petra, JordanNabataean Ptolemaic and Romanc. 400 B.C.E. to 100 C.E.Cut Rock
TreasuryPetra, JordanNabataean Ptolemaic and Romanc. 400 B.C.E. to 100 C.E.Cut Rock
Great TemplePetra, JordanNabataean Ptolemaic and Romanc. 400 B.C.E. to 100 C.E.Cut Rock

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