abraham agriculture akkadian empire akkadian language amorite anno mundi arabic language aramaic language assur assyria assyriology assyro-babylonian religion babylon babylonia belshazzar biblical archaeology bitumen book of abraham book of daniel book of genesis british museum chaldea code of hammurabi code of ur-nammu cuneiform script dur-sharrukin elam elamite language eridu euphrates geographic coordinate system gilgamesh great ziggurat of ur history of sumer hittite language hittites hurrian language hurrians iraq irrigation isin istanbul kassites lagash lament for ur larsa lunar deity mesannepada meskalamdug mesopotamian mythology mitanni nabonidus nasiriyah nebuchadnezzar nehemiah ngirsu nimrud nineveh nippur old testament persian gulf pottery puabi public domain sargon of akkad sepulchre shulgi standard of ur sumer sumerian architecture sumerian language susa tanakh tigris ubaid period united kingdom university of pennsylvania university of pennsylvania museum of archaeology and anthropology ur-nammu uruk ziggurat