InterNet Resources

• From Prof. Ralph W. Klein's site : click on thmbnails for larger pictures
  The Last Days of Judah, and the Babylonian Exile
  Judah during the Neo-Babylonian Empire
  The Post-Exilic Jewish Community
• From the British Museum : click on the photos for larger pictures and information
  Lachish Letter 1
  Lachish Letter 2
  the Siege of Lachish - Sennacherib's version
  The Siege of Lachish continued
  The Siege of Lachish continued
  Assyrian prisoners
  the Taylor Prism
  Tiglath Pileser III
  Assyrian Reliefs
  Khorsabad
  Nineveh
  Sennacherib
  Ashurbanipal
  Record of Nabu-sharrussu-ukin
  Cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar
  The Babylonian Chronicle
  Stele of Nabonidus
  Cylinder of Nabonidus
  Nabonidus Chronicle
  The dying Lion
  Cyrus
  The Cyrus Cylinder
• From the World Civilizations Course :
  The Assyrians
  The Chaldeans or Neo-Babylonians
  The Hebrews - After the Exile
  The Persians
  The Persian Wars
• From the Bible Picture Gallery :
  Asurbanipal's musicians
  Places in Iran and Iraq
  Assyrian rulers
  Assyrian army pictures
  Babylonian rulers (also includes earlier rulers)
  Persian rulers
  Persian army pictures
• From Bet Nahrain Assyrian site : click on the pictures for a larger picture and commentary
  Assyrian Picture Gallery - page 1
  Assyrian Picture Gallery - page 2
  Assyrian Picture Gallery - page 3
  Panel of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser
• From the Bible History Site :
  Archaeology and the Babylonian Captivity
  Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
  Seal of Pedaiah
  Cyinder of Nabopolassar
  Lion from the Ishtar Gate
  Dragon fron the Ishtar Gate
  Reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate
  The Babylonian Chronicle for 605-594BC
  The Nabonidus Stele
  The Cyrus Cylinder
• From the Livius Site :
  The Fall of Nineveh
  Cyrus the Great
  Cyrus takes Babylon
  Ahuramazda and Zoroastrism - it was Cyrus' following of the teachings of Zoroastrianism that was the reason for him telling the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple - and add their prayers to the fight of Good against Evil
  The Achaemenid Dynasty
  Pasargadae
  Darius the Great - links to 9 pages about Darius
  Naqš-i Rustam
  Naqš-i Rustam photos page 1
  Naqš-i Rustam photos page 2
  Naqš-i Rustam photos page 3
  Naqš-i Rustam photos page 4
  The Behistun Inscriptions
  Behistun Inscription
  Persepolis
  Persepolis photos use the links to see photos and information
  Susa
  Susa photos
  Susa photos - page 2
  Greek - Persian relations - the Greeks were called the Yauna by the Persians
  The Greek-Persian Wars
  The Battle of Marathon
  Battle of Thermopylae
  Diary of Xerxes' Campaign
• From the American University of Beirut :
  Babylon, 1963
  Original site of the Ishtar Gate
• From the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago : use the links to see photos and information
  The Oriental Institute - Assyrian artefacts
  The Oriental Institute - Iran
  Babylon photos
  The Oriental Institute Persian Expedition
  Iran - Persepolis
• From other sites :
  The Fall of Judah to Babylon - Christian Leadership Center
  History of the Assyrians - by a modern Assyrian
  Iraq's History Page - scroll down for links to the Assyrian Empire, the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Persian Achaemenian Empire
  Ruins of Assur
  Assyrian lion hunt
  Ishtar Gate inscription
  The Ishtar Gate - rebuilt in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
  Video of the Ishtar Gate
  Ishtar Gate
  Ishtar Gate aerial view of where it used to be (this page may not come up)
  Ishtar Gate - similar aerial view to the above
  Aerial view of reconstructed palace in Babylon
  The Persian Period - Christian Leadership Center
  The Nabonidus Cylinder and the Nabonidus Chronicle
  The Cyrus Cylinder
  The Cyrus Cylinder
  The "Lot" - Pur of Yahali
  Persepolis
  The Battle of Marathon
  The Battle of Thermopylae
  The Greek-Persian Wars Resource Page
  Miltiades' helmet
  
• other useful articles can be found by using the Topics as search words in Search Engines such as MSN, Dogpile, AltaVista, or Yahoo

This Week's Assignment

• Show and Tell - on a separate Web Page
• Remember to cite your sources
• Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then send it as an Attachment to, or pasted into, an email message to Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@mail2world.com
  Please use all 3 email addresses in case any of the maiboxes go down