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Title: Mesopotamia


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Mesopotamia
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Geography
  • Fertile Crescent Land b/w rivers
  • Tigris, Euphrates
  • Flood
  • Plant in silt ? wheat and barley ? surplus

3
Environmental Challenges
  • Unpredictable flooding
  • No natural barriers
  • Limited building resources
  • Solutions?
  • Irrigation
  • City walls
  • Trade
  • Govt, leaders

4
City-States
  • Surrounded by fields
  • Own govt
  • Much like own country

5
Priests and Rulers
  • Govt controlled by priests
  • Demanded portion of crops
  • When war ? Soldier in control
  • Many wars ? military leaders
  • Dynasties Full-time military leaders when have
    heir to rule

6
Spread of Cities
  • Surplus More trade
  • Cultural Diffusion Ideas or products spread
    from one culture to another

7
Sumerian Culture
  • Religion Polytheism
  • Gods immortal and all-powerful
  • Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Social Classes
  • Kings, Landowners, Priests
  • Wealthy Merchants
  • Majority Artisans
  • Slaves

8
Women
  • Many Rights
  • Merchants, artisans, farmers
  • Hold property
  • Join priesthood
  • Learned to read and write

9
Akkadian Empire
  • Sargon
  • 1st Empire Brings together several people,
    nations, or independent states together
  • Lasted 200 Years

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Old Babylonian Empire (1900-1600 BC)
  • Amorites invade ? Establish Babylon as capital
  • Hammurabi Peak of Babylonian Reign
  • Code of Laws
  • All over empire
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