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Ancient West Asian
Refers to the many cultures that developed in the vast geographical area extending from Turkey in the west to Iran in the East.
Basics to get you started

Akkad, an introduction

Amorites, an introduction

Ancient West Asia: Cradle of civilization

Hittites, an introduction

Jewish history to the middle ages

Canaanites, an introduction

Ancient Persia, an introduction

Assyria, an introduction

Babylonia, an introduction

Pre-Islamic Arabia

Sasanian art, an introduction

Sumer, an introduction

The Babylonian mind

Writing Cuneiform

Visiting Babylon

Art Appreciation: Power—comparisons and connections

Cuneiform, an introduction

Assyrian Sculpture

Tiny timeline: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in a global context, 2nd–1st millennia B.C.E.

Tiny timeline: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in a global context, 5th–3rd millennia B.C.E.
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