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A multi-year excavation and survey project aimed at defining archaeological correlates of ancient imperialism, colonialism and culture contact in the Mesopotamian frontier zone.

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• Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Undergraduate Student Association Website - Devoted to the study of the ancient (from c. 3100 regional BCE) and contemporary cultures found within modern day Egypt, Israel, regional Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Rhodes, Cyprus, Iraq, (to some extent regional Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Republic of Georgia) and western Ira
• The development of economy and environment from the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age in Northern Syria and the Levant. A case-study from the Upper Khabur region - The project aims to take up previously recognised regional indications of Bronze and Early Iron Age environmental regional and economic change in northern Syria and southern regional Turkey and specify these developments through new carpological, regional anthracological and geoarchaeologic
• Archaeological Sites in the Near East - List of links maintained by the Oriental Institute, archaeology University of Chicago.
• Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia - A description including: emergence, excavation, discovery and decipherment, archaeology reconstructing history, and a table of Mesopotamian chronology.
• The Jazira Project - Report of the Oriental Institute\\'s geomorphological projects within the Jazira of Syria, Turkey and Iraq.
• Archaeologists Excavate Monastery to Reveal Gaza Strip's Ancient Lineage - From Ekathimerini, away from the ongoing violence, researchers uncover the vestiges of Palestine's Byzantine past.
• Archaeology in the Levant - The University of California San Diego reports on its projects archaeology in Israel and Jordan.
• The Joint Prehistoric Project - The Joint Prehistoric Project comprises several archaeological expeditions in Iraq, regional Iran, and Turkey dating from 1947. All of these separate regional excavations, however, sought the solution to a general problem: "How regional are we to understand those great changes
• History of the Ancient Near East - Mark McDonald provides information and links on the archaeological sites of the region from Turkey to Southwestern Iran.
• Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project - A multi-year excavation and survey project aimed at middle east defining archaeological correlates of ancient imperialism, colonialism and middle east culture contact in the Mesopotamian frontier zone.
• Oriental Institute Museum: Mesopotamia - Images and descriptions of objects in the University archaeology of Chicago center's collection.

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