MS Humanities - Ancient History: Mesopotamia

Explore Sumer, Assyria, and Babylon

An interactive site which demands exploration. Click on themes (Buildings, Technology, Trade, Religion, Writing, or Cities), maps, or a timeline - or click on the globe at the bottom of the screen to access this list of cultures and select "MESOPOTAMIA".

Chosen from the Mesopotamian collection of the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, this website tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia now present-day Iraq — a story shared by all humans.

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers’) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey.

Explore the history, culture, civilizations, and people of ancient Mesopotamia.

A quick and simple game that teaches the ancient history of the Fertile Crescent. For four or more players.