Quarter 1 Books

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Book 1:  The Revenge of Ishtar, by Ludmila Zeman

Book 2: Gilgamesh the King, by Zeman

Book 3:  The Last Quest of Gilgamesh, by Zeman

These three books tell the whole Epic.  They are beautifully illustrated.

Genesis, Finding our Roots, by Ruth Beechick

Art in History, by Larry Silver

The Story of Liberty, by Charles C. Coffin

The Mystery of History, by Linda L. Hobar

Links

Gilgamesh

http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/

http://gilgamesh.psnc.pl/

http://cdli.ucla.edu/wiki/doku.php/the_late_uruk_period

http://www.digonsite.com/drdig/neareast/19.html

http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/brians_syllabus/maps/maplabels1.html

Sumer

Sumerian Law

http://www.crystalinks.com/sumergods.html

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761576644/sumerian_religion.html

Sumerian Culture

Code of Hammurabi

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/hamcode.html

http://www.abu.nb.ca/ecm/topics/arch2.htm

Creation Stories from Around the World

http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSIndex.html

http://www.painsley.org.uk/re/signposts/y8/1-1creationandenvironment/c-story.htm

Gregorian Chant

http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/index_eng.html

http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/otherchant.html

Ancient Scripts

http://www.ancientscripts.com/

http://www.npm.gov.tw/english/exhbition/eyin0701/yin0701.htm

Ancient Art

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHancient.html

http://www.arthist.umn.edu/aict/html/ancient.html 

Bronze Age

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/arts/bronze.htm

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Literature  Incomplete list, but it'll get you started.

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Perhaps more to come!

This page was last updated:  10/09/2008