Earliest Civilizations

Be sure to use the IMC Databases:
Gale's History Resource Center:  World
Facts on File Ancient Civilizations
Daily Life Through History

• Exploring Ancient World Cultures
• Mesopotamia - provides a brief overview; scroll down and click on change to: this will take you to information on the civilizations of Mesopotamia
• Cultures of Mesopotamia - from the British Museum  includes gods, writing, social life, laws, geography, daily life and government; this is an excellent site
• Catholic Encyclopedia - type in the name of the civilization and receive information on the history, culture and geography
• Babylonia - this site on Iraq includes the history and culture of ancient Babylonia
• Babylonia - this site has the laws, Hammurabi and Hanging Gardens
  Assyria - brief history; information on geography and religion
• Persian Sourcebook
• Religion of ancient Persia
• The Phoenicians
• The Sumerians
• The World of the Dead Sea Scrolls - Library of Congress exhibit
• History of the ancient Hebrews
• Family and Society in Ancient Israel

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