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The 'Who's Who' in Sumer - Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization Episode 5

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Channel: Digital Hammurabi · 2018 · Entertainment

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In the fifth episode of the series, Dr. Josh looks at the all-important social structure of Mesopotamia! 

This series is based on the entertaining and engaging book, 'Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization'. Published in 1964, this book by A. Leo Oppenheim is a standard introductory work in the field of Assyriology, and is an excellent read for the non-specialist. A free download is available via the Oriental Institute website: https://tinyurl.com/y9pobcm4

For general information and sources relating to the Ancient Near East, we recommend these websites:

http://www.etana.org/abzubib - collection of free and open-access data
https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/orie... - University of Chicago Oriental Institute, great collection of free books and articles
http://www.livius.org - general encyclopedia on the ancient world
http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk - Mesopotamian literature
http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu - collection of projects relating to Mesopotamia
http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/neps... - Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
https://cdli.ucla.edu - Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative

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