Mesopotamia+-+Architecture,+Religion+and+Writing

Use the resources below to find the information you need to complete your research assignment. If you need assistance, please see Mrs. O'Keefe - she will be glad to help! (**Please note**: You will need a **username** and **password** to use **Cobblestone Online**.) This database contains the full text of all articles published in **//Calliope//** and **//Faces//**, terrific magazines about world history and cultures, including the following:

"Sumerian: The World's Oldest Writing", by Cynthia Wilder**//. Faces//**, Dec. 1988. "Sumer A Land of Firsts", by Charles F. Baker. **//Calliope//**, Sept. 1993. "The Earliest Writing System", by Elizabeth E. Payne. **//Calliope//**, May 2004. "Writing in Mesopotamia", by Elizabeth E. Payne. //**Calliope**//, Sept. 2003. "Legacy of a Civilization", by Louise Chipley Slavicek. //**Calliope**//, Nov. 2000. "Those Wedge-Shaped Symbols". //**Classical Calliope**//, Aug. 1984. "Written in Clay", by Karen E. Hong. **//Calliope//**, Nov. 2000.
 * About Cuneiform**

"Fabulous Ur", by Cynthia Wilder. **//Calliope//**, Sept. 1993. "Alexander's City of Dreams", by F. M. Black. **//Calliope//**, Oct. 2001. "Kish: Ancient Mesopotamia's Heartland", by Michael D. Danti. **//Calliope//**, Sept. 2003. "Digging Up History", by Rosalie F. Baker. **//Calliope//**, Oct. 2006.
 * About Architecture**

"The Great Restorer: Nebuchadrezzar and Babylon", by Duane Damon. **//Calliope//**, Sept. 1993.
 * About Gods**

(**Please note**: you will need a **password** to use the **Gale Virtual Reference Library.)** This outstanding reference collection includes the full-text encyclopedias **//Ancient Mesopotamia//**, **//Ancient Egypt//**, //**Ancient Greece**// and //**Ancient Rome**//, as well as the //**UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology**//. Users can read, listen to, translate (into Spanish and several other languages) and/or download to an iPod or other MP3 player. Here are just a few examples of the many encyclopedia articles available**:**

"Cuneiform", from **//The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesopotamia//** "Writing Materials", from **//The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesopotamia//**
 * About Cuneiform**

"Ziggurat", from **//The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesopotamia//** "Palaces", from //**The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesopotamia**//
 * About Architecture**

"Mesopotamian Religions", from //**Encyclopedia of Religion**//, 2nd ed. "Polytheism", from //**Encyclopedia of Religion**//, 2nd ed. "Afterlife', from **//The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesopotamia//**
 * About Gods**

(**Please note**: you will need a **username** and **password** to use this resource.)
 * World History: Ancient & Medieval** includes coverage of human history from prehistory through the great ancient empires to the start of the Renaissance. This database features more than 6,500 primary and secondary sources, such as full-text articles, biographies of important figures, images, maps, and a helpful glossary of terms.


 * Try these helpful sites, too:**

[|Cuneiform]**,** from Encyclopedia.com

[|Cuneiform], from Washington State University's [|World Civilizations: An Internet Classroom and Anthology]

[|Cuneiform Writing], from Answers.com

[|Cuneiform Script], from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

[|Sumerian Architecture], from History for Kids

[|Ziggurat], from Encyclopedia Britannica

[|Sumerian Architecture], from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

[|Mesopotamia: Gods, Goddesses, Demons and Monsters], from The British Museum

[|Monotheism and Polytheism], from History for Kids

[|Polytheism] **and** [|Monotheism], from New World Encyclopedia


 * Don't forget these excellent books and encyclopedias, available in the IMC's reference collection:**

//**Ancient Civilizations**//, by Judson Knight (3 vols.). UXL, 2000. //**Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia**// (vol. 6). Grolier Educational, 2000. //**Ancient Communication: From Grunts to Graffiti**//, by Michael and Mary B. Woods. Runestone Press, 2000. //**Ancient Construction: From Tents to Towers**//, by Michael and Mary B. Woods. Runestone Press, 2000. //**Ancient Mesopotamia**//, Brown Bear Books, 2009. //**Wonders of the World**//, by Philip Steele. Kingfisher, 2007.
 * //Ancient Civilizations: Tools and Technology-Writing//** (vol. 7). Grolier Educational, 2000.