Mesopotamia Crash Course
Mesopotamia Crash Course gives humanities professionals a sharp toolkit to read texts, art, law, and cities in context—linking rivers, temples, and empires to today’s debates on power, belief, and social order.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Mesopotamia Crash Course offers a focused introduction to the geography, chronology, and political history of Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia, then moves through law, literature, religion, economy, and daily life using key texts, artifacts, and maps. You will also learn to find and evaluate reliable museum and university resources and turn solid research into clear, engaging public-facing summaries.
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Develop skills
- Map ancient Mesopotamia: master key regions, rivers, and settlement patterns.
- Analyze cuneiform sources: link law, literature, and archives to social history.
- Interpret temples, art, and ritual to explain Mesopotamian political theology.
- Compare Mesopotamian kingship and law with Greece, Rome, or ancient Israel.
- Create a concise, public-ready handout using top museum and university sources.
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