Video and Podcast Links
Meluhha: the Indus Civilization and Its Contacts with Mesopotamia (58:48)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zcGLlLEbmI
Mark Kenoyer from University of Wisconsin looks at the Indus river valley civilization and its contribution to Mesopotamian society.
“Epic of Gilgamesh”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pGhEu9elnA
Animated video re-telling of one of Western Civilization’s oldest works of literature.
“Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/ba9VK4iRQUybd1KMGnRimQ
This podcast discusses the significance of the domestication of cattle. Download to Listen to the Podcast.
“Early Writing Tablet”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/TnAQ0B8bQkSJzKZFWo6F-g
This podcast discusses cuneiform writing. Download to Listen to the Podcast.
Web Links
“Ancient Mesopotamia”
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/
Website of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. A user-friendly portal to the world-renowned Mesopotamia collection of the Oriental Institute.
“Ancient Egypt”
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Website of the British Museum. Pictorial introduction, with short texts.