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Internet Resources for 6th Grade on Mesopotamia:
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The Fertile Crescent - A
short description of Mesopotamia including:The Fertile Crescent | Civilization | The
Sumerians | Numbering Years | Writing | Hammurabi | The Assyrians | Cool Mesopotamia Links |
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You
be the judge on Hammurabi's Code - Hammurabi (ca. 1792 -
1750 BC) united all of Mesopotamia under his forty-three year
reign of Babylon. Although Hammurabi's Code is not the first
code of laws (the first records date four centuries earlier),
it is the best preserved legal document reflecting the social
structure of Babylon during Hammurabi's rule.
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Ancient
Mesopotamia - lots of information about the cradle of civilization. Find out what a
ziggurat and cuneiform are. |
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Ancient
Civilizations