Recommended Readings & Audio Visual Titles

RECOMMENDED READINGS:

Baines, John, and Jaromir Maleck. Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt. New York: Checkmark Books, 2000.

Brisch, Nicole. Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond. The Oriental Institute (OIS 4). Link to resource.

Kemp, Barry. Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization. New York: Routledge, 2005.

Mieroop, Marc Van De. King Hammurabi Of Babylon: A Biography. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004.

Oppenheim, A. Leo, and Reiner, Erica. Ancient Mesopotamia : Portrait of a Dead Civilization. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.

Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.

Roth, Martha. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995.

Roux, Georges. Ancient Iraq. New York: Penguin, 1993.

Sasson, J. M. ed. Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. 4 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers, 2000:

• Avalos, Hector. "Legal and Social Institutions in Canaan and Ancient Israel." Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. ed. J. M. Sasson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Vol. 1, pp. 615-631.

• Postgate, J. N. "Royal Ideology and State Administration in Sumer and Akkad." Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. ed. J. M. Sasson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Vol. 1, pp. 395-411.

• Franke, S. "Kings of Akkad: Sargon and Naram-Sin." Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. ed. J. M. Sasson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Vol. 2, pp. 831-841.

• Klein, J. "Shulgi of Ur: King of a Neo-Sumerian Empire." Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. ed. J. M. Sasson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Vol. 2, pp. 843-857.

• Leprohon, Ronald J. "Royal Ideology and State Administration in Pharaonic Egypt." Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. ed. J. M. Sasson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Vol. 1, pp. 273-287.

• Sasson, J. M. "King Hammurabi of Babylon." Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. ed. J. M. Sasson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Vol. 2, pp. 901-015.

• Leichty, E. "Esarhaddon, King of Assyria." Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. ed. J. M. Sasson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Vol. 2, pp. 949-958.

• Beaulieu, P. A. "King Nabonidus and the Neo-Babylonian Empire." Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. ed. J. M. Sasson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Macmillan Library Reference USA; (original pub. Simon & Schuster Macmillan. 1995.). Hendrickson Publishers. 2000. Vol. 2, pp. 969-979.

FILMS & VIDEOS:

A History of Punishment. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Ancient Mesopotamia. YouTube.com. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Mesopotamia: I Have Conquered the River. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Mesopotamia: Scribes and the Ruling Class. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Online Resources

Jennie Myers

Research Associate, University of Chicago
 

MAPS:

Map of Mesopotamia. Wikimedia Commons. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Map of Uruk. Wikimedia Commons. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Map of Ancient Mesopotamia. Ancient Babylonia. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Map of Ancient Egypt. Wikimedia Commons. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).