Sargon to Hammurabi
... Amorite or Old Babylonian, reigned from 1792-1750 BCE. The Amorites, a Semitic people, lived west of the Euphrates River. Hammurabi based his empire in Babylon; during his reign he conquered Sumer and Akkad and unified Mesopotamia by 1760 BCE. ...
... Amorite or Old Babylonian, reigned from 1792-1750 BCE. The Amorites, a Semitic people, lived west of the Euphrates River. Hammurabi based his empire in Babylon; during his reign he conquered Sumer and Akkad and unified Mesopotamia by 1760 BCE. ...
2014-15 Reading Sets
... When a priest commanded that something be done, the people believed the command was actually coming from one of their gods, and they obeyed. The ability to make important decisions and have people obey them elevated the status of priests. They became priest-kings and ruled large areas. While Mesopot ...
... When a priest commanded that something be done, the people believed the command was actually coming from one of their gods, and they obeyed. The ability to make important decisions and have people obey them elevated the status of priests. They became priest-kings and ruled large areas. While Mesopot ...
2. History: Mesopotamia 3000-1600
... Hittites destroy Babylon & Rule Hittite kings create a centralized government Hittite Empire invaded Moses leads Jews out of Egypt Phoenicians develop the alphabet Assyrians take over Fertile Crescent and Egypt Nebuchadnezzar dies & Persian Empire begins its rise Alexander the Great conquers Persian ...
... Hittites destroy Babylon & Rule Hittite kings create a centralized government Hittite Empire invaded Moses leads Jews out of Egypt Phoenicians develop the alphabet Assyrians take over Fertile Crescent and Egypt Nebuchadnezzar dies & Persian Empire begins its rise Alexander the Great conquers Persian ...
Ch. 3 Mesopotamia Section 1: The Rise of Sumer Mesopotamia
... Upper class- priests and _________________ Middle class- gov’t officials, shopkeepers, _________- skilled workers Lower Class- farmers and ____________________ Would fight with other city-states to prove their ________________ ...
... Upper class- priests and _________________ Middle class- gov’t officials, shopkeepers, _________- skilled workers Lower Class- farmers and ____________________ Would fight with other city-states to prove their ________________ ...
Chap 1 Section 2 Notes
... • Record keeping and keeping track of business were some important reasons for the development of writing. • Cuneiform—consisted of hundreds of wedgeshaped marks cut into damp clay tablets with a sharp-ended reed. Worlds first ISN ...
... • Record keeping and keeping track of business were some important reasons for the development of writing. • Cuneiform—consisted of hundreds of wedgeshaped marks cut into damp clay tablets with a sharp-ended reed. Worlds first ISN ...
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.