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MS Grade 6 Humanities - Ancient Civilization: Mesopotamia

History of Mesopotamia - Khan Academy article

Ancient Civilizations

Mesopotamia02:10

The Wheel

Get Things Rollin'

Ancient Mesopotamian

Timeline of the Wheel

Origins of the Wheel

The Mother of All Inventions

Libraries

The History of the Library

The First Information Ever Recorded

Video: Origin of Libraries

Sumerian Libraries (Scroll down to "History")

The Beginnings of Libraries

Library of Nippur

Code of Hammurabi

Short Article on Hammurabi - World Book Encyclopedia

Hammurabi - Ancient History Encyclopedia

The Kings: Babylon to Baghdad (Timing: 10:00 – 15:07 Hammurabi's Code)

A History of Punishment - Video from Learn360

Primary Sources - Excerpts from Hammurabi, Laws of Moses, Egyptian Book of the Dead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Code-of-Hammurabi

http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/MiddleEast/HammurabiCode.html

https://www.livescience.com/39393-code-of-hammurabi.html

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/ancient-near-east1/babylonian/v/stele-of-hammurabi