Provides an image gallery depicting the ruins and artifacts of the ancients city of Persepolis and Babylon.

Features images depicting the accomplishments of the people of Ur as well as the central Mesopotamian Guti.

Features a chronology of Mesopotamian history which lists the times of the emergence of the Sumerians, the Akkadian empire, and the Hittites.

Furnishes translated inscription from Akkadian through Neo-Babylonian periods outlining early legal procedures.

Describes the virtues and values of the kings of Sumer, Kish, Uruk, Lagash, and Ur. Also offers a dynastic timeline.

Furnishes an account of ancient Mesopotamia and the city of Uruk. Also details the Code of Hammurabi and the Hanging Gardens.

Features the annual report of the Upper Mesopotamia Landscape Project and describes the analysis of Iraq and Syrian areas.

Furnishes a map of Mesopotamia including the cities of Nineveh, Susa, and Uruk.

Learn about the healing practices and medical practitioners from the ancient middle eastern region.

Offers a brief history of one of the first centers of civilization. Details King Sargon I and Hammurabi of Babylon.

Includes a chronology of early agricultural communities, pre-Sumerians, and Sumerians. Also outlines the culture and accomplishments of Babylon.

Offers an overview of the Mesopotamian influence on Judeo-Christian creation myths and furnishes a series of related links.

Furnishes a chronology of Mesopotamian history with essays detailing the Gutian invasions, the Amorites, Hittites, Arameans, and Chaldeans.

University of Chicago's Oriental Institute presents photographs and panoramic movies from its gallery. Requires a QuickTime download.

Explores the factors that contributed to the fall of Mesopotamia including irrigation techniques that may have poisoned crop production.