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Ancient Africa
Kingdoms of Ancient and Medieval West Africa & Trade across the Sahara (BU)
Offers interactive map, primary and secondary resources and external links on the Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai.
Ancient Middle East
Assyrian empire builders
Primary source letters of Sargon II, king of Assyria (721-705 BC), together with secondary & reference resources providing historical and cultural context.
Knowledge and Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Primary and secondary sources on 7th cent. Assyria. Includes maps, glossary, images and more.
Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia
Offers excerpts translated from Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets on women's roles in society.
Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
Scanned book containing the code of Hammurabi, the prologue and epilogue, letters by Hammurabi
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and other political leaders, as well as a detailed discussion of the historical and legal background of Babylonian and Assyrian laws.
Mesopotamian Mathematics (St. Lawrence U.)
Older site but still provides valuable overview, sources and links.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt Online
Offers both secondary and primary sources on ancient Egyptian civilization.
Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity (U. of Michigan)
Presents text and artifacts on topics that include fertility and sexuality, gender ambiguity, and faces of gender.
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