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

Introduction to Sumer SmartHistory

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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