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 | | _____, "The Goddess Atirat in Ancient Arabi, in Babylon, and in Ugarit," OLP 2 (1972), 101-19. | | | _____, "The Deceptive Goddess in Ancient Near Eastern Myth: Inanna and Inaras," Semeia 42 (1988), 84-102. | | | Lipinski, E., "The Wife's Right to Divorce in the Light of an Ancient Near Eastern Tradition," Jewish Law Annual 4 (1981), |
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| | Ancient Near East: Internet Resources |
| | Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Ancient Near East : World Civilizations Reader, CUNY, NY A large collection of texts and images with desriptions and excerpts from primary source documents are available from this online course on World Civilizations. | | | This page is archived from an Internet newsgroup and contains a description of the pantheon, cosmology, and history of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians. | | | This unit is part of a larger class project about cultures and geography of the world. |
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http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/mesopotamia/eg_neast_intro.html
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| | Ancient Near East Chronology |
| | Kassites conquer the Kingdom of the Sea Land (Sumer). | | | Chaldeans seize power in Babylon and revolt against Assyria (625), later conquering Syria and Elam. | | | Kassites seize power in a weakened Babylon afterwards. |
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| | Open Directory - Society: History: By Region: Middle East: Ancient and Medieval |
| | Ancient and Biblical Lands: Turkey - Archaeological and biblical reference on Asia Minor, supported by maps and pictures. | | | Middle East Medievalists - Scholarly association working to advance the study of the medieval Middle East. | | | Myths and Facts about the Origin of the Arabs - Historic and cultural research about the origin of the Arabs. |
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| | Ancient World Web is the Ultimate Index on the Ancient World. | | | The exhibition Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship brings before the American people a selection from the scrolls which have been the subject of intense public interest. | | | This site contains an article on using the Web for ancient studies, a collection of 250 classified links to the ancient world Websites, and a collection of 100 classified links to world religions Websites, classified bibliographies, and a collection of ancient documents |
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http://www.vocations.org/library/linkss.htm
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| | Ancient Near East |
| | Mark McDonald's extensive well-researched collection combines excerpts from historical and biblical texts, archaeological reports, and images of places and peoples spanning the eastern Mediterranean from Turkey to Egypt to Iran from prehistoric times through the early centuries CE and acts as gateway to related resources elsewhere on the internet. | | | For some inscrutable reason links to Canaanite, Syrian and Phoenician resources are found on his Mesopotamia web page (Fordham U). | | | Comprehensive guide to advanced scholarly research on the ANE. |
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http://www.virtualreligion.net/vri/aneast.html
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| | Ancient Near East Resources |
| | Parry, Donald W. A Bibliography on Temples of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World : Arranged by Subject and by Author / Compiled by Donald W. Parry, Stephen D. Ricks, John W. Welch. | | | Smelik, K. Writings From Ancient Israel : A Handbook of Historical and Religious Documents / Klaas A.D. Smelik ; Translated by G.I. Davies. | | | Washington, D.C. : Biblical Archaeology Society, 1991.(NEAR EAST REFERENCE BM 487.A05 1991) |
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http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/ane.html
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Life in the Ancient Near East, 3100-332 B.C.E. |
| | Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. | | | Marriage and Family in the Biblical World by Ken M. Campbell on page 3 | | | A list by Michael Hoffman, theorist of ego death |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300076665?v=glance
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| | Ancient Near East |
| | General Geography and Chronology of the Near East | | | • D.C. Snell, "Appendix: Theories of Ancient Economies and Societies" (in Life in the Ancient Near East); | | | • N.K. Sandars, "The Crisis in the East Mediterranean," (in The Sea Peoples); |
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http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ANE/courseoutline.htm
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| | Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia |
| | Ancient and Biblical Chronology and Genealogies [At WOL] | | | There is also a much large inconsistency claimed by credentialed scholars whose motives seem, however, to derive from Biblical literalism. | | | Ebla was an ancient city in Syria at Tell Mardikh. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html
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| | Ancient Near East |
| | Without some understanding of what art and archaeology has brought to us concerning the lives and times of the peoples of the Ancient Near East, one cannot claim to have any real grasp of their world. | | | Test material and data for written assignments will be drawn in part from them, in part from lectures. | | | Also, insofar as much of this forms the backdrop of those Ancient Israelite texts which have come to be called The Old Testament, we will also address their relevance to our understanding of the intercultural milieu that comprised the "trade basin" of the Ancient Near East. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Ancient Near East |
| | The Ancient Near East is generally understood as encompassing Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and Syria), Persia (Iran), Egypt, the Levant (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Authority), and Anatolia (Turkey). | | | Babylonia was an ancient state in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. | | | The Religions of the Ancient Near East were mostly polytheistic, with some early examples of emerging Henotheism (Akhenaton, early Judaism). |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ancient-Near-East
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| | Links to Resources on the Middle Eastern and Judaica |
| | MERIA: Middle East Review of International Affairs (Project of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center of the Lauder School of Government at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), published and edited by Prof. | | | Juan R. Cole's Middle East Links (A valuable collection of links to sites of Middle East interest: Scholarly Centers and Associations, Islam and the Middle East, Country Resources (Iran especially). | | | Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World (A University of Chicago project that preserves deteriorated research materials relating to the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East and the ancient Mediterranean world) |
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http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/NewLinks.html
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| | Department of the Ancient Near East |
| | Stronach, D., ‘The development of the fibula in the Near East’ in Iraq, 21 (1959), pp. | | | Ben-Tor, A. (ed.), The Archaeology of Ancient Israel (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1993) | | | Stein, M.A., ‘An archaeological tour in the ancient Persis’ in Iraq, 3 (1936), pp. |
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| | Ancient Near East History |
| | The site and its documents, edited by Paul Halsall, are well organized and the breadth of materials is quite extensive. | | | Search / Contact Us / AA/EO / CMU Privacy Policies / CMU Web Policy / CMU Copyright / CMU Home | | | This comprehensive encyclopedia explains mythologies and concepts of the various living and ancient religions of the Middle East, the cradle of religions, including Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and Egyptian, Sumerian, and Babylonian mythologies. |
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http://www.lib.cmich.edu/subjectguides/humanities/anehistory.htm
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| | ORIENTAL INSTITUTE ANE LIST |
| | ANE is a mailing list on topics and issues of interest in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, from the Indus to the Nile, and from the beginnings of human habitation to the rise of Islam. | | | ANE covers Ancient Near Eastern Studies, from the Indus to the Nile, and from the beginnings of human habitation to the rise of Islam. | | | Participants are free to post in any of these languages, and, upon occasion, in other languages used in the study of the Ancient Near East. |
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http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/ANE/OI_ANE.html
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| | Best of History Web Sites: Ancient History |
| | Diotima is an interdisciplinary scholarly resource on gender in the ancient Mediterranean world and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. | | | The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook contains hundreds of well-organized sources; the main sections are Human Origins, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, Hellenistic World, Rome, Late Antiquity, and Christian Origins. | | | A terrific overview of Ancient and Medieval History can be found here as part of an online course, based at Washington State University. |
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http://www.besthistorysites.net/AncientBiblical.shtml
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| | ArchNet: Regions / Near East |
| | Space Radar Images of Earth from JPL includes several images of Near Eastern sites including: | | | Bibliography of Archaeobotanical Reports for Near Eastern sites | | | Netherlands Institute for Near East -- University of Leiden |
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| | Archaeology of the Ancient Near East |
| | In Time for Thanksgiving – Origin Myths and the Legitimization of the State in the ancient Near East and good ol’ | | | Archaeological and historical evidence is used to trace the development of various ancient Near Eastern cultures. | | | Life in the Ancient Near East, 3100-332 B.C.E. Yale |
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http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/courses/118syll.html
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| | ::: Ancient Near East Photograph Collection ::: |
| | In addition to topic-specific images, one can find pictorial data to supplement to the study of pharaonic history, daily life in ancient times, ancient art, architectural features, and the history of religions (Egyptian, Canaanite, Israelite, Judaism, Coptic Christianity, Early Islam, etc.). | | | This collection, created by Professor Scott Noegel, documents artifacts and archaeological sites of the ancient Near East. | | | While the majority of the collection depicts structures and sites dating from 3000 BCE to 200 CE, the collection also has images of more recent sites, such as the al-Azhar Mosque and the modern creation, Lake Nasser. |
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| | Dead Sea Scrolls -- Timeline |
| | There is some speculation about this eruption's possible role in sparking the beginnings of the Bronze Age, coming, possibly only coincidentaly, as it does so close to the beginning of that age as determined by other methods. | | | Memphis became one of the greatest cities in the ancient world. | | | This chronology is not original; it is merely the current version of my ongoing attempts to understand the events of the ancient Near East as portrayed by the popular writings of the modern academic authors. |
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| | ABZU Bibliography: Search and Edit |
| | Abzu has been available on the Internet since 5 October, 1994. | | | Abzu is a guide to the rapidly increasing, and widely distributed data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East via the Internet. |
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| | Ancient History Sourcebook: Notice of New Structure |
| | Each of the main sections had became too large to maintain as one file. | | | All remained available until October 2000, but have now been removed. | | | Since January 24 1999, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook has been completely reorganized. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook1.html
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| | Music of the Ancient Near East - Home Page |
| | The Musicology and Organology of the Ancient Near East 3500 - 500 BC | | | Music of the Ancient Near East - Home Page | | | Further information on the Ancient Near East at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. |
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http://members.aol.com/ricdum/mane.htm
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| | Product detail for Civilizations of the Ancient Near East |
| | Author of several studies on the ancient Near East, especially on the archives found in Mari, Sasson also writes on the Hebrew Bible, including commentaries on the books of Jonah and Ruth. | | | While earlier peoples left signs—at Stonehenge, on the walls of caves in France—it is in the Near East that we first find messages, evidence of the transmission of knowledge from one generation to another, and the organization of nomadic tribes into societies with distinctive class structures, religions, and governments. | | | Jack M. Sasson is the Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies at Vanderbilt University and former President of the American Oriental Society, whose Journal he has edited. |
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http://www.hendrickson.com/html/product/36074.trade.html?category=all
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| | Ancient Near East |
| | Lee Huddleston examines the Ancient Near East including world views, spiritual systems and religious forms. | | | Creation in Israel and the Ancient Near East | | | Exploring the Ancient World Cultures - Chronology of the Near East |
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http://www.otgateway.com/ancientneareast.htm
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| | Interview with Mario Liverani |
| | A prominent scholar of the Ancient Near East, he is the author of several books, including Myth And Politics In Ancient Near Eastern Historiography and International Relations in the Ancient Near East, 1600-1100 | | | ML: I presume that my early "deconstructionist" studies on ancient Near Eastern historical texts (now translated into English in the volume Myth And Politics In Ancient Near Eastern Historiography, London 2004) did exert some influence on some of the "minimalist" colleagues. | | | More recently, this attitude has been brougth to its extreme consequences in two ways: (1) in "deconstructing" not only the messages but also the historical events; (2) in renouncing to a further operation, that of "re-constructing" the historical events on the basis of the literary analysis. |
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| | Explore and learn |
| | Chief among the cities of Assyria were Ashur, the ancient and religious capital, named after the principal Assyrian god; Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), chosen as the capital by Ashurnasirpal II (r. | | | At the end of the seventh century, the Assyrian empire collapsed under the assault of Babylonians from southern Mesopotamia and Medes, newcomers who were to establish a kingdom in Iran. | | | Parts of Iran and Anatolia were also subject to "the king of the world." Only the strongest and ablest monarchs could maintain control of this vast region and the major routes of trade and communication with the Mediterranean seacoast. |
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http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/anesite/html/el_ane_2map.htm
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| | The Ancient Near East |
| | Along the way, we will gain insight into the cultures of the Near East by reading their literature in translation, which will help us to understand what daily life was like for the people of these lands. | | | The Near East, the lands from modern Turkey to Egypt, from Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Iran and Afghanistan, was home to the first complex societies. | | | This course will trace the rise of civilization in the Near East, starting with its emergence in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Egypt in the early 3rd millennium BC. |
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http://www.unf.edu/~pkaplan/ANE_Syllabus_and_schedule_05.htm
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| | Art of the Ancient Near East: Web Resources |
| | The term "Ancient Near East" means basically the Middle East before 600 AD (before Islam), including present-day Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Arabia, Egypt, and North Africa. | | | The term "Mesopotamia" means properly the ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (present-day Iraq), but sometimes also includes ancient Persia (present-day Iran), as in several of the articles below. | | | Metalwork and Ceramics in the Ancient Near East. |
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http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/mideast/mideast.html
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| | Ancient Near East Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography |
| | Looking For ancient near east - Find ancient near east and more at Lycos Search. | | | Look for ancient near east - Find ancient near east at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer! | | | Find More Information about "Ancient Near East" in: |
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http://www.stardustmemories.com/encyclopedia/Ancient_Near_East
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| | Solomon's Temple which had been destroyed in the sack of 586, thereby beginning the Second Temple period of Hebrew History. | | | The First Temple period of Hebrew history begins with the rule of David. | | | The amphictyony proves insufficient in the face of the new dangers, so the people of Israel ask Samuel, the last of the judges, to select a king. |
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http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/nepage.htm
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| | Links |
| | Near East Archaeological Society - promotes study and research in Biblical Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern studies | | | Music of the Ancient Near East - Richard Dumbrill's essays from his research including his interpretation of the oldest known written music | | | Warfare in the Ancient World- This page is concerned with ancient warfare, covering the period between the Mycenean World and the Byzantine Empire |
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http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/religion/arcproj/war/Links.html
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| | SOAS: SOAS: London Centre for the Ancient Near East |
| | The London Centre for the Ancient Near East was founded in 1995 as an independent association of university and museum academics, independent scholars and others with interests in the ancient Near East. | | | These and other ancient Near Eastern events in London are publicized in the London Diary for the Ancient Near East. | | | SOAS: SOAS: London Centre for the Ancient Near East |
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| | Ancient Near East |
| | Mesopotamia-Relgion-Questia-Religions of the Ancient Near East: Sumer to Akkadia-Added April, 2003 | | | Ancient Near East-New Light on the Most Ancient East-Questia-Added April, 2003 | | | Ancient Near East Maps 850-300 BCE-Added May, 2003 |
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| | Humbul full record view for -- Ancient near east |
| | This web project is designed to promote the study of the ancient Near East, broadly defined, at all academic levels from school children to university researchers by providing a wide range of archaeological, textual, visual and bibliographic resources in an interactive, hypertext medium. | | | Some of the cuneiform pages require Flash 4 player.The organization of the site, which does not appear to have been updated since November 2001, is somewhat confusing and despite the hypertext medium the site overall has an incoherent feel with little in the way of introductory information, even in the student sections. | | | Humbul full record view for -- Ancient near east |
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| | My personal home page, which contains links to view this syllabus as well as links to sample essay questions, and other materials of interest, has this address: | | | Verbrugg@Camden.Rutgers.Edu ; please, put in the subject heading Ancient Near East. | | | Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture, William H. Stiebing, Jr. |
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http://crab.rutgers.edu/~verbrugg/ane301.html
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| | Ancient Near East .net - Home Page |
| | Yet another series of pages is begun, on the lives and times of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian rulers, with a profile of the man considered first pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, Ahmose. | | | Work begins on a new series of pages resourcing Coptic, the final form of the ancient Egyptian language. | | | From prehistory to the end of Antiquity in the 7th century CE, embracing the diverse and exotic lands at the meeting point of three continents, the Ancient Near East (together with Egypt) occupies a vastly influential position in world archaeology and ancient history, art, culture and religion. |
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| | EAWC: The Ancient Near East |
| | From the Near East comes the Old Babylonian account of the life and death of | | | , taking with them ancient accounts of floods and righteous people whose obedience and wisdom helped them to survive the consuming waters. | | | There was a real Gilgamesh, a king who ruled some 2700 years before Christ lived and the Romans consolidated their vast empire. |
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http://eawc.evansville.edu/nepage.htm
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| | ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MAP SERIES |
| | This first installment of the Oriental Institute Map Series presents seven Site Maps covering the ancient Near East (Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran), locating primary archaeological sites, modern cities, and river courses set against a plain background. |
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http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/INFO/MAP/ANE_Maps.html
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| | ODYSSEY/NearEast |
| | The development of cities, writing, and written law code, and more, happened first in the part of the world we call the ancient Near East. | | | Have you ever heard the ancient Near East called "The Cradle of Civilization?" What does that mean? | | | The ancient Near East was a region of great diversity. |
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http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/NEAREAST/homepg.html
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| | Michael C. Carlos Museum: Permanent Collection: Ancient Near Eastern Art |
| | The Near Eastern collections are wide-ranging geographically and embrace the regions and ancient cultures of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and parts of Syria), ancient Iran, the Levant (countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean), Anatolia, (Turkey), and Northwest Africa. | | | The Near Eastern collections of the Carlos Museum embody the legacy of the ancient Near East from the beginnings of agriculture and writing to the growth of the first cities and empires. | | | For more information please see our frequently asked questions. |
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http://www.carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/NEAREAST
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| | The Ancient Near East |
| | All the following were true of the ancient Hebrews EXCEPT | | | All the following were true of civilizations of the Near East EXCEPT | | | Babylonians made a come-back under King Nebuchadnezzar who built the famous Hanging Gardens. |
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http://school.discovery.com/quizzes16/raiforngr/NearEast.html
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