Discover Ancient Mesopotamia - Feinstein

8/19/2019 Discover Ancient Mesopotamia - Feinstein

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A modern view of the lands that were once ancient

Mesopotamia. The space shuttle Atlantis flies above

the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent can be seen

in an upside-down “u” shape.


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Mesopotamia: Land Between the Rivers

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kkad: The World’s First Empire

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This is one representation of King

Hammurabi the Lawgiver.


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The remains of Nergal gate in Nineveh, Iraq,

as seen on November 22, 2008. Nineveh, built

between 704-681 B.C., was a capital of the Assyrian

Empire and was surrounded by a 12-kilometer mud

brick wall.


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These beautiful glazed tiles

symbolize a lion in three-

dimensional shape from the gatesof ancient Babylon. The lion is the

symbol of Babylon and represents

Ishtar, the goddess of fertility,

love, and war.


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