INTRODUCTION
Time Line
Map
Women in Near Eastern History - introductory essay
Scenes from Women's Lives - carved images
THREE WHO RULED
Women Who Ruled - essay
Queen Shibtu of Mari: "A Woman With Whom One Could Steal Horses" - biography
Deborah: "You Arose, Deborah, As The Mother of Israel" - biography
Queen Sammuramat of Assyria: "I Rival The Greatest Men" - biography
Three Who Ruled - activity
GODDESSES AND PRIESTESSES
Inanna, Queen of the Heavens - essay
Inanna Captures the Boat of Heaven - myth
Descent to the Great Below - myth
Hymns to Inanna - poems
Enheduanna: Poet and Priestess - essay
"My Beautiful Face is Dust" - story poem
Enheduanna and the Day of the Dead: a temple ceremony - fiction
WOMEN'S RIGHTS: ANCIENT CODES
Changing Status - Shifting Views - essay
Seeking Justice: Court Cases from the Hammurabi Code - activity
OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
Sarah - Leader of Women
Ruth and Naomi
Queen Esther
INTERPRETING THE SOURCES
"My Mouth Makes Me Comparable to Men" - written sources activity
Silent Witnesses - artifact activity
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES USED IN UNIT
Selected Bibliography