Ancient Mesopotamia: History and Culture

Undergraduate credit

Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian civilization from the first cuneiform documents to the fall of the Neo-Babylonian empire; special attention to (1) the rise and nature of early Mesopotamian city-states; (2) Mesopotamian economics; (3) Mesopotamian law; (4) ethnic relations in Mesopotamia; (5) Mesopotamia and its neighbors - Egypt, Iran, Israel; (6) the collapse of Mesopotamian civilization.