Directory of Babylonia Resources

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This category lists sites specifically for the history of ancient Babylonia.

Subcategories

• Nebuchadnezzar
• Religion

Resources in This Category

• Ancient Babylonia

  http://www.bible-history.com/babylonia/
  History through the different periods, literature, religions, law and justice, economy and social structure, science, archaeology, maps, and timeline.

• Astronomical Diaries

  http://www.livius.org/di-dn/diaries/astronomical_diaries.html
  A collection of Babylonian texts in which astronomical observations and political events were recorded.

• Babylonia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia
  The history of a state in the south part of Mesopotamia, combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad.

• Babylonia

  http://www.livius.org/ba-bd/babylon/babylonia.html
  Article describing the country, language, religion, and culture.

• Chronicle of Early Kings

  http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc20/kings.html
  A translated listing with information.

• Hammurabi

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi
  A brief account of the sixth king of Babylon.

• Law Code of Hammurabi

  http://www.interfaith.org/mesopotamia/law-code-of-hammurabi/
  Includes the preamble, all codes, and an epilogue.

• Letter of Pabi, Prince of Lachish, to Akhnaton, King of Kemet

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/1350lachish.asp
  Writing in clay addressed to the king of Egypt, c. 1350 B.C.E.

• Map of Nippur

  http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Nippur.html
  A drawing based on a map of the ancient city made about 1500 B.C.

• Ruin of Esagila Chronicle

  http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/bchp-ruin_esagila/ruin_esagila_01.html
  Translated text that describes how a Seleucid crown prince (probably Antiochus, the son of king Seleucus Nicator) fell during a sacrifice on the ruin of Esagila.

• Some Neo-Babylonian Legal Decisions

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/neo-babylonian-legaldecisions.asp
  Past court cases, c. 555-427 B.C.E.

• The Avalon Project : The Code of Hammurabi

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/hammenu.asp
  Provides an introduction, an essay, and a translation.

• The Babylonian Calendar

  http://www.livius.org/caa-can/calendar/calendar_babylonian.html
  The names of the Babylonian month and two calendars that were inspired by the example.

• The Dynastic Chronicle

  http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc18/dynastic1.html
  A king list written on six columns.

• The Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II

  http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc5/jerusalem.html
  Translated text that contains the reference to the capture of Jerusalem in 597 B.C.E.

• The Oldest Code of Laws in the World

  http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17150
  The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi.

• The Weidner Chronicle

  http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/abc19/weidner.html
  Translated piece of propaganda in the form of a letter.

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