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  1. The Gods of Mesopotamia
    1. effects of the environment
    2. Sumerian creation myth: The Babylonian Creation
    3. the search for immortality:: The Epic of Gilgamesh
  2. The Rulers of Mesopotamia
    1. Sumer
    2. Babylon
  3. The Social Order
    1. "Standard of Ur": division of labor
    2. Law: Hammurabi's Code
  4. The Arts in Mesopotamia
    1. the ziggurat
    2. shrine room statuettes
  5. The Hebrews
    1. early history of the Hebrews
      1. the covenant
      2. ethical monotheism
    2. the early Hebrew social order
      1. morality and patriarchy
      2. laws added to the Decalogue
    3. the early Hebrew state
      1. the role of the prophets
      2. the Babylonian Captivity and the Book of Job
      3. Book of Psalms
  6. The Iron Age
    1. the Hittites
    2. the Assyrian empire
    3. the Persian empire





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