HISTORY: ANCIENT: Selected Web and Book Resources About The Ancient Mesopotamian and Ancient Minoan Civilizations

[David P. Dillard]

HISTORY: ANCIENT: Selected Web and Book Resources About The Ancient
Mesopotamian and Ancient Minoan Civilizations

The sources below cover a variety of aspects of the civilizations they
cover, the Minoan and the Mesopotamian civilizations.


Central Asia, Mesopotamia and Sarasvati Sindhu civilization
Sarasvati Sindhu civilization is one tip of the triangle linking with
the central Asian and Mesopotamian cultural areas.
Bactrian-Margian Archaeological Complex (BMAC)
<http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/sarasvati/html/vedictech.htm>
Site Map
<http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/sarasvati/sitemap1.htm>


Sumerians
<http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/SUMER.HTM>


Economics of the Indus Valley Civilization
by Chad Greenwood
<http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/fall97/2chd.htm>


Mesopotamia, Sumer, Babylon
<http://members.aol.com/DonnAncient/AncientSumer.html#Top>


Mesopotamian Art and Archaeology
<http://www.providence.edu/dwc/mesopot1.htm>


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Mesopotamia
[Categories: Ancient history, Mesopotamia, History of Iraq]
This is an article about the ancient middle eastern region.
<http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/
encyclopedia/M/Me/Mesopotamia.htm>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://snipurl.com/e7yd>


Mesopotamia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia>


Architectural Marvels of Ancient Mesopotamia
The land between the rivers
<http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/meso/meso.htm>


The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East Mesopotamia
Recommended Sites
<http://pw2.netcom.com/~wandaron/mesop.html>


Ancient Mesopotamia
Teacher Resource File
<http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mesopotamia.htm>


MESOPOTAMIA
[Excerpted from Iraq: A Country Study.
Helen Chapin Metz, ed.
Washington, DC:
Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, 1988]
<http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Iraq.html>


Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
<http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html>


Gilgamesh Summary
<http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/GILG.HTM>


MINOAN CIVILIZATION

Minoan civilization
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization>


Minoan & Mycenaean Civilization
<http://www.archaeolink.com/minoan_civilization_ancient_cret.htm>


Minoan Civilization (3000-1400 B.C.)
<http://www.archaeonia.com/history/minoan.htm>


Minoan civilization
<http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/
encyclopedia/M/Mi/Minoan_civilization.htm>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://snipurl.com/e7yo>


History of Minoan Crete
<http://www.ancient-greece.org/history/minoan.html>

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Here are some citations to books about these two civilizations.

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Ancient Mesopotamia: portrait of a dead civilization,
Author: Oppenheim, A. Leo, 1904-1974.
Publication: Chicago, University of Chicago Press 1964


The idea of history in the ancient Near East,
Author: Dentan, Robert C. 1907- ed.; Bainton, Roland Herbert,
Publication: New Haven, Yale University Press, 1955


The art of ancient Mesopotamia;
the classical art of the Near East.
Author: Moortgat, Anton, 1897-
Publication: London, New York, Phaidon 1969


In the Land of Ur;
the discovery of ancient Mesopotamia.
Author: Baumann, Hans, 1914-
Publication: [New York] Pantheon Books 1969


Ancient Mesopotamia :
portrait of a dead civilization
Author: Oppenheim, A. Leo, 1904-1974.; Reiner, Erica,
Publication: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977


Daily life in ancient Mesopotamia
Author: Nemet-Nejat, Karen Rhea.
Publication: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998


Ancient and oriental music.
Author: Wellesz, Egon, 1885-1974, ed.
Publication: London, New York, Oxford University Press, 1957


Art, culture, and cuisine : ancient and medieval gastronomy /
Author: Bober, Phyllis Pray.
Publication: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999


Ancient architecture: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, Greece
Author: Lloyd, Seton.; Martin, Roland,; Mller, Hans Wolfgang.
Publication: New York, H.N. Abrams 1974


The Collapse of ancient states and civilizations
Author: Yoffee, Norman.; Cowgill, George L.
Publication: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1988


In the beginning: creation myths from ancient Mesopotamia,
Israel, and Greece
Author: O'Brien, Joan V.; Major, Wilfred.
Publication: Chico, CA : Scholars Press, 1982


Women's roles in ancient civilizations: a reference guide
Author: Vivante, Bella.
Publication: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999


Minoan Crete
Author: Mellersh, H. E. L.
Publication: New York, Putnam 1967


The early history of heaven
Author: Wright, J. Edward.
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

Handbook to life in ancient Mesopotamia
Author: Bertman, Stephen.
Publication: New York : Facts on File, 2003


Ancient Mesopotamia : the eden that never was
Author: Pollock, Susan
Publication: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999


Religion in ancient Mesopotamia
Author: Bottro, Jean.
Publication: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001


Unity and diversity: essays in the history, literature, and religion
of the ancient Near East
Author: Goedicke, Hans.; Roberts, J. J. M.
Publication: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975


Gods, demons, and symbols of ancient Mesopotamia :
an illustrated dictionary
Author: Black, Jeremy A.; Green, Anthony.; Rickards, Tessa.
Publication: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1992


Gilgamesh
Author: Grundy, Stephan.
Publication: New York : William Morrow, 2000


Gender and aging in Mesopotamia: the Gilgamesh epic
and other ancient literature
Author: Harris, Rivkah.
Publication: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2000


Everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia
Author: Bottro, Jean.; Finet, Andr.
Publication: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2001


The ancient Mesopotamian city
Author: Van de Mieroop, Marc.
Publication: Oxford : Clarendon Press ;
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997


Reading the body: representations and remains in the
archaeological record
Author: Rautman, Alison E.
Publication: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000


Art of the ancient Mediterranean world
Author: Wilson, Bernice.
Publication: New York, NY : Facts on File, 1996


Prehellenic architecture in the Aegean,
Author: Bell, Edward, 1844-1926.
Publication: London, G. Bell and Sons, 1926


Women in ancient Greece and Rome
Author: Gross, Susan Hill, 1934-; Bingham, Marjorie Wall,
Publication: Saint Paul, Minn. :
Upper Midwest Women's History Center,
Hamline University, 1983


Minoan civilization: maturity and zenith
Author: Matz, Friedrich, 1890-1974.
Publication: Cambridge [Eng.] :
Cambridge University Press, 1962


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