Download ANCIENT CIVILIZATION

Lord of the Four Quarters
of the World
Akkadian
People who spoke a
language related to
Hebrew and Arabic.
2350 BCE
Sumer at war
Sargon
Created the
world’s first
empire
Empire brings together several people, nations, or formerly independent states under one
control.
Southern of Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean Sea to the Iran.
Sargon’s
grandson
R
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Naram Sin
Ur-Nammu
King of the ancient
city of UR
attack
Nomad invaded Mesopotamia
From the city of Babylon
Known as Amorites
Hammurabi
• Military ruler
Marduk -God
Code of Law
Social Structure
nobility
artisans
merchants
peasants
slave
Women had given the same
stature as men.
• Trade, have profession,
priestesses
Principle: “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth”
282 laws
• Advanced and high legal procedures
• Upper part: Hammurabi with Shamash, god of
justice.
• Content: trade, family labor, real estate,
personal property
Code of
Hammurabi
After 2 centuries
Babylon
Invaders from
east
Invaders from
Asia Minor
(Turkey)
-from Asia Minor
-adapt Sumerian cuneiform
-experts in military strategy,
skilful diplomacy and superior
weapons.
Metalworkers –
IRON
*IRON Age
Lost military
advantage
Humane Legal System
• Capital punishment-major
crimes
• Payment system
• Premeditation
Northern portion of
Mesopotamia
ASUR- city state
• Disciplined army
• Fiercest, cruellest, most
aggressive and most warlike
“I piled them up, and like heaps of
grain, I piled them up”
• Tortured and beheaded
Babylonian prisoners, enslaved
women and children.
Nineveh – symbol of pride and cruelty
Conquered
territories and
built roads for
the troops
Collected heavy taxes
refused
Ashurbanipal
-cruel and harsh
- Built library with 22,000 clay
tablets collection
Preserving invaluable records in the world’s first library
Joined with oppressed
Nebuchadnezzar
Stargazers of Babylon
-astronomy
-12 constellations - zodiac
Babylonian captivity of the Jews
Jews and Jerusalem
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DARIUS
CAMBYSES
Cyrus the great
king of Persia
Military genius
Showed justice and fairness
Equal law
• Persian empire: south and eastern of Iran, west
of the Indus river and south-eastern part of
Europe, north of black sea and Caspian sea
• Mightiest Empire
• satrapy – provinces -------satraps- governors
Coinage- promote trade
Royal Road
Xerxes
Alexander the Great
Tyre
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Sidon
Purple dye product
Papyrus (Beritus and Bbylos)
Wine, glass, ivory, and weapons
Skilled shipbuilders and seafarers
Greatest traders of antiquity/Carrier of Civilization
Canaan
• Ancient home of
the Hebrews
CONTRIBUTION
Jewish Code of Law
Judaism, Christianity
and Islam
Monotheism
Things I discovered…..
Things I learned…..
Things I was amazed
Things I was afraid……
Things I will never forget…..
Things I had fun….