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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: A Babylonian Map of the World
A tablet of dark brown clay, much injured, dating from the 8th or 7th century B.C. The two large concentric circles indicate the ocean, or, as it is called in the cuneiform writing between the circles, the 'Briny Flood.' Beyond the ocean...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Babylon
Babylon is said, by some writers, to have owed its foundation to Queen Semiramis, a person whose history, as it is handed down by tradition, seems to consist rather of entertaining fictions than substantial realities. By other authors,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Babylonian Ruler
Personal appearance of the ruler of Korsabad.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Glazed Coffins, From Warka
Another kind of coffins employed by the Chaldeans consisted of two large earthenware vessels, shaped like ancient water-jars, set mouth to mouth and sealed with bitumen.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Headdress
Headdress of the Vizier - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hillah
This illustration shows the city of Hillah, on the Euphrates river.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mound of Babylon
The remains of the ancient city of Babylon.
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Khan Academy: Hammurabi: The King Who Made the Four Qtrs of the Earth Obedient
Hammurabi's famous legal code survives in partial copies on a stele in the Louvre and on clay tablets. Read a short description of Hammurabi's Code in this article.