Ancient Near East: Middle And Late Bronze Age

Middle Bronze Age 2000 - 1600 BC
Late Bronze Age 1600 - 1200 BC

Babylonia
Old Babylonian Period
(Hammurabi, d. 1750 BC) 		2000 - 1600 BC
Kassite Dynasty 1574 - 1157 BC
Middle Babylonian Period 1400-1100 BC
Assyria
Old Assyrian Period 2000 - 1600 BC
Mitanni Period 1600 - 1350 BC
Middle Assyrian Period 1350 - 1100 BC

(See also: Ancient Near East Resource Page)

Articles
Babylonia. Alan Petersen
Babylonia. International History Project.
Old Babylonian Period and Old Assyrian Period. John Heise
Enuma Elish. Tr. L. W. King
Enuma Elish. Tr. E. A. Speiser
Enuma Elish. Tr. N. K. Sandars
The Code of Hammurabi. Richard Hooker
Hammurabi's Code of Laws. Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Hammurabi Sourcebook. Paul Halsall
The Hittites. International History Project
The Hittite Home Page (links). American Schools of Oriental Research
Les Hittites (French-language website).

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Sphinx Stag-shaped Rhyton Woman Hammurabi Law Code Royal Head Lion

[page last checked on August 12, 2005]

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