The Sumerians
... Historians believe that each city-state was surrounded by a large wall. Sometimes Sumerian city-states fought each other. During times of peace, they traded with each other. The Sumerian people worshiped many gods. This type of belief is called polytheism. Each city-state, though, claimed one god as ...
... Historians believe that each city-state was surrounded by a large wall. Sometimes Sumerian city-states fought each other. During times of peace, they traded with each other. The Sumerian people worshiped many gods. This type of belief is called polytheism. Each city-state, though, claimed one god as ...
Before the Flood
... legendary figures, set out in search of themselves, following the predictions of the oracle, to untrodden places guarded by monsters—three-headed dogs, ogres or cannibals— and previously insuperable obstacles. In the dying years of the Roman Empire, Christians from the West embarked on a journey to ...
... legendary figures, set out in search of themselves, following the predictions of the oracle, to untrodden places guarded by monsters—three-headed dogs, ogres or cannibals— and previously insuperable obstacles. In the dying years of the Roman Empire, Christians from the West embarked on a journey to ...
Cities Food becomes more abundant, people live closer to
... • “A Large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories.” (pg.48) ...
... • “A Large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories.” (pg.48) ...
Amazing Mesopotamia
... an early form of what is now known as a constitution. There are 282 laws in the Code of Hammurabi. After Hammurabi, Babylon was conquered by the Assyrians and controlled for centuries until they finally recaptured and increased their empire in 627 BCE ...
... an early form of what is now known as a constitution. There are 282 laws in the Code of Hammurabi. After Hammurabi, Babylon was conquered by the Assyrians and controlled for centuries until they finally recaptured and increased their empire in 627 BCE ...
The Sumerian Civilization
... Tribes of wondering herders lived off of the plant life found in this river valley They often would invade, conquer, and establish empires. Over time these invaders would weaken and new invaders would take over This pattern would repeat itself as nomadic tribes came in and conquered The Sumerians we ...
... Tribes of wondering herders lived off of the plant life found in this river valley They often would invade, conquer, and establish empires. Over time these invaders would weaken and new invaders would take over This pattern would repeat itself as nomadic tribes came in and conquered The Sumerians we ...
Babylon - STA Moodle
... Could read and write in Sumerian and Akkadian Known for: building a great library at __________ ____________ ...
... Could read and write in Sumerian and Akkadian Known for: building a great library at __________ ____________ ...
Summary: Mesopotamia
... good for growing plants. Sumerians built high banks to control flooding. They dug canals to make river water flow into the fields of crops. Irrigation changed dry land to good farmland. ...
... good for growing plants. Sumerians built high banks to control flooding. They dug canals to make river water flow into the fields of crops. Irrigation changed dry land to good farmland. ...
reading
... Babylon fell to Persian armies. The Persian armies now controlled a large amount of land stretching from modern day Turkey to India. This was the largest empire yet seen at this point in history. The Persian emperor Darius set up a different type of government to help him rule all this land. He divi ...
... Babylon fell to Persian armies. The Persian armies now controlled a large amount of land stretching from modern day Turkey to India. This was the largest empire yet seen at this point in history. The Persian emperor Darius set up a different type of government to help him rule all this land. He divi ...
Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire /əˈkeɪdiən/ was an ancient Semitic empire centered in the city of Akkad /ˈækæd/ and its surrounding region, also called Akkad in ancient Mesopotamia. The empire united all the indigenous Akkadian-speaking Semites and the Sumerian speakers under one rule. The Akkadian Empire controlled Mesopotamia, the Levant, and parts of Iran.During the 3rd millennium BC, there developed a very intimate cultural symbiosis between the Sumerians and the Semitic Akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism. Akkadian gradually replaced Sumerian as a spoken language somewhere between the 3rd and the 2nd millennia BC (the exact dating being a matter of debate).The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 24th and 22nd centuries BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad (2334–2279 BC). Under Sargon and his successors, Akkadian language was briefly imposed on neighboring conquered states such as Elam. Akkad is sometimes regarded as the first empire in history, though there are earlier Sumerian claimants.After the fall of the Akkadian Empire, the Akkadian people of Mesopotamia eventually coalesced into two major Akkadian speaking nations: Assyria in the north, and, a few centuries later, Babylonia in the south.