Mesopotamia Glossary: Cuneiform A short essay on cuneiform, one of the earliest writing systems devised. Developed by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia as a picture writing. http: //wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/CUNEI.HTM
Middle East - The Fertile Crescent Information on Ancient Middle East, Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria and Persia. http: //anthro.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/midd...
Tower of Babel Gallery Mesopotamian ziggurats were staged temple towers that lifted worshippers closer to their gods. The biblical ziggurat, called the Tower of Babel. http: //hope.edu/bandstra/RTOT/CH1/CH1_BAB.HTM
Write Like a Babylonian See your monogram in cuneiform,the way an ancient Babylonian might have written it. http: //upennmuseum.com/cgi-bin/cuneiform.cgi
Mesopotamia Links This guide contains links and bibliographic references for Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East. http: //home1.gte.net/ericjw1/mesopotamia.html
Harpagus the Mede There is very little, if anything, recorded about Harpagus describing his early years. He was a member of the House of Astyages, being the "courtier", which is catagorised as being a very privileged position awarded by a very powerful person, usually the head of state http: //allempires.com/article/index.php?q=harp...
The achievements of ancient Mesopotamia The world of mathematics and astronomy owes much to the Babylonians http: //angelfire.com/nt/Gilgamesh/achieve.html...