The Akkadians and The Babylonians In this lesson, students will examine civilizations that developed in Mesopotamia. Students will be able to define the following terms:
Chapter 1 Section 3 Akkadians & Amorites Akkadians Originally known as Semites - Nomads located in Mesopotamia - Forced into settled communities - Many began living ...
The Fertile Crescent / Mesopotamia Mesopotamia SCAAR Sumerians Akkadians Babylonians Geography of the Fertile Crescent Area of land in the middle of ...
How did Sargon the Great earn a place in our history books? The conquerors were the Akkadians, who lived to the north. They were not as technologically advanced as ...
Ancient Civilizations What effect did Sargon s conquests have? The culture of Sumer which had influenced the Akkadians was spread beyond the Tigris Euphrates River ...
... as Jews and Arabs First ever epic Gathered by the Akkadians and written on 12 stone tablets Tells the story of King Gilgamesh, who was 2/3 god and 1/3 human, ...
The Akkadian Empire Akkadians lived to the northwest of Sumer Spoke different language and had different customs 2300 B.C.E: King Sargon conquers Kish ...
Exploring the Four Empires of Mesopotamia The Akkadian Empire For 1,500 years, Sumer was a land of independent city-states. Around 2,300 B.C.E., the Akkadians ...
Astrology. Akkadians. 3000 BCE migrated from the Levante to Mesopotamia ... Code of Hammurabi: the most complete earliest full law code surviving in history ...
Robert Wade AP World History Bryan Adams High School Indo-European Migrations: 4m-2m BCE The Middle East: The Crossroads of Three Continents The Ancient Fertile ...
Title: Western Civilization Review for the EXAM Author: MCSD Last modified by: Amazon Amazon Created Date: 2/28/2000 4:40:40 PM Document presentation format
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Section 1 Civilization Begins in Mesopotamia Pastoral Nomads Similar to Neolithic people More settled Utilized farming and domestication Still ...
First Civilizations Mesopotamia aka Fertile Crescent: Cradle of Civilization Fertile Crescent Area of fertile land stretching from the Persian Gulf to the ...
Early Civilizations Ch 2 Mesopotamia Lesson 2 Sumer and Akkad Mesopotamia consisted of city states Akkad: north Sumer: south Similar farming and business methods and ...
Title: Mesopotamia Author: Susan M. Pojer Last modified by: Wana James Created Date: 11/11/2004 8:31:24 PM Document presentation format: On-screen Show (4:3)
The Epic of Gilgamesh and Ancient Mesopotamia The history and culture behind the world s oldest recorded story Epic of Gilgamesh Mesopotamia s Ruling ...
Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Additions by D. Brady The Fertile Crescent The word 'Mesopotamia' is in origin a Greek name (mesos `middle' and ...
... writings included the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest works of literature ... to escape the Flood - from the Epic of Gilgamesh. B. The Assyrians ...
Conquests and Empires Conflict in the Fertile Crescent Causes and Effects of Conflict Wars fought to protect farmland and water rights Boundaries Natural ...
Empires of Mesopotamia 7000 BC 1st farm settlements were formed in Mesopotamia 3000 BC Several thousand Sumerians had settled in Mesopotamia 2350 BC Sargon and the ...
Title: Pre-History Author: mom Last modified by: Cobb County School District Created Date: 8/8/2003 10:27:19 PM Document presentation format: On-screen Show
The Epic of Gilgamesh and Ancient Mesopotamia The history and culture behind the world s oldest recorded story Epic of Gilgamesh Mesopotamia Geography (circa ...
Stele of the Vultures. Girsu, Syria. Circa 2600 BCE. Limestone. Full ... Stele of the Vultures. Historical narrative. Victory of a king. King leading soldiers ...
Chapter 2 Early Civilizations (4000 1000 B.C.) Section 1: The Nile Valley A River Valley and Its People The Egyptian civilization in the Nile River valley is ...
The Rise of Civilization Or How we stopped swinging from trees and learned to play with fire! The Search for Early Humans Anthropology - the study of humanity ...
Mesopotamia Geography Mesopotamia The land between the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates Little rain very dry Mesopotamia is an open plain with few barriers ...
Three NEAR EAST pieces to remember Stele of Hammurabi BABYLONIAN c1780 BCE Stele of NaramSin AKKADIAN 2300-2200 BCE Votive of Gudea NEO-SUMERIAN 2141-2122 BCE
... Epic of Gilgamesh Epic Poem Oldest story in the world c.1850 B.C. Gilgamesh was a young king of Uruk Epic follows his search for immortality Contains a flood ...
Empire builders first conquer other lands, then use their power to keep these ... Made discoveries that led to 60-minute hour and 7-day week. Lasted only 75 years ...
Ancient Near East 3500 BC- 500 BC The Artist as Magician Developed at the same time as Egypt Physical region had few natural defenses- many different cultures ...
Mesopotamian Empires. Akkadian Babylonian. Assyrian. Neo-Babylonian. The Four ... An empire is an area of many territories and people that are controlled by one ...
Climate: mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy ... units were formed under the Umayyad caliphate during the eighth century A.D. and ...
Multiplication has been dated back to 2300 BC in many places ... Abacus. add. subtract. divide. 2300 BC. Mesopotamia. multiply. Old Babylonian Period. 2000 BC ...
The River Valley Civilizations We will examine 4 categories of the River Valley Civilizations: Geographical Political Social Economical Each of the characteristics of ...
Mesopotamia Tigris and Euphrates Rivers * * Sumerian Civilization 3000 BCE Capital City is UR Ziggurat Characteristics Religion is polytheistic and had a grim ...
Early Civilizations Unit 1 (3500 B.C. 1600 B.C.) * Notice the picture at the top, any guesses to what it is depicting? That is an angel bringing the law code to ...