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Title: Mesopotamia


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The Ancient Middle East
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1. Mesopotamia "Land Between the Two Rivers"
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Indo-European Migrations 4m-2m BCE
The Middle East The Crossroads of Three
Continents
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The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area
The Middle East The Cradle of Civilization
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Sumerians
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Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic
Enki water or life
Innana - heaven
Anthropomorphic (having human characteristics)
Gods
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Mesopotamian Trade
The Cuneiform World
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Cuneiform Wedge-Shaped Writing
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Cuneiform Writing
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Deciphering Cuneiform
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Sumerian Scribes
Tablet House
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Sumerian Cylinder Seals
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  • Cuneiform deciphered by Sir Henry Creswicke
    Rawlinson in 1838 using carving on Behistun Rock
    by Darius I

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Gilgamesh
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Gilgamesh Epic TabletFlood Story
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Ziggurat at Ur
  • Temple
  • Mountain of the Gods

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The Royal Standard of Ur
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Mesopotamian Harp
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Board Game From Ur
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Sophisticated Metallurgy Skillsat Ur
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Dates 3000 to 2000 BCE
  • Sumerian achievements also include
  • The wheel
  • The arch
  • A number system based on 60
  • A calendar not accurate
  • Govt. was a city-state with each city controlling
    the surrounding land each city-state had its
    own king
  • By 2500 BCE began to decline

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Sargon of AkkadThe Worlds First Empire
Akkadians
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The Babylonian Empires
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Hammurabis r. 1792-1750 B. C. E. Code
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Hammurabi, the Judge
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Babylonian Math
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Babylonian Numbers
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Babylonians
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Babylonians
  • Dates 1800 1600 BCE
  • Important Ruler Hammurabi
  • By 1763 BCE Hammurabis kingdom stretched from
    northern Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf.

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  • Important accomplishment Hammurabis Code
    (Laws)
  • Code was very much an eye for an eye
  • Poor people were punished more severely than the
    rich
  • Defined the position of women in Babylonian
    society and established marriage, divorce and
    adoption laws.

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  • Beginning in 1600 BCE and continuing for several
    centuries, the region of Mesopotamia was
    conquered by a succession of invading armies.
  • HITTITES attacked 1530 BCE and reached peak of
    power _at_1300 BCE.
  • First to use Iron weapons and introduced the use
    of horses in warfare.

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