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Location Sumerian Empire Chandler Murphy Ancient Mesopotamia note table—LEGS Date L (Law) 2,500 BC 3,500 invented Cuneiform BC for 5/8/17 Mr. Baskin 6-C E (Empire) S (society) Other ideas Sources City-states— In poor families Women could Our World Some of the everybody never have the largest include worked same rights as Ur, Uruk and men Eridu Sumerian Head of all Sumerian Empire held city- families was woman could s. father not divorce, but men had to pay a fine to divorce. Sargon was Sons were In epic of g. he famous king of taught to be set out on long city-s. called heads and journey to Kish----Sargon daughters were discover how created the first taught to be humans could great empire in wives, mothers, live forever. history. businesswomen War is key to Many people Mesopotamia building empire, enjoyed board means land most wars games, others: between the however were music and rivers in Greek to take control festivals of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Festivals include Sargon ruled parades, Sumer for about dancing, feasts 56 years Sumerians also Empire Sargon story tellers created ruled for most famous 100 y. The Epic of Gilgimesh Grew wheat, barley, beans, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, herbs, palm trees, pomegranate tress. Made irrigation to water crops Herded sheeps, goats: milk and wool; cattle: as work animals, produced milk & meat Tigris and Euphrates Rivers created surplus for society Created Cuneiform: was written on wet clay tablets with reed pens: writing: one of the earliest writing systems: picture writing Cuneiform had 500 symbols Babylonian Empire 1750 BC B.C.-611 King H. ruled Babylon, ordered building and repairs of canals, acted as judge: using simple Sumerian laws to make decisions. This code of law called Code of H. In code of H. tells that everyone wasn’t equal under code of laws: Babylonia had slavery. Famous Babylonian Empire c.s. Assyria, Nineveh, Ashur Laws of H. were displayed on six feet pillars with a picture of H. and 200 laws carved in cuneiform Had king: Hammurabi: controlled all of Meso A code of law is a collection of written laws that apply to one government Copies of code of H. found all throughout H.’s empire Babylonian Empire conquered Sumerian Empire H.’s laws dealt with everything: laws for divorce, workers’ pay, doctors’ fees, clumsy barbers too Assyria then began to conquer fertile crescent. To gain empire Assyria fought against other city-states. Soon Assyria made a gigantic empire conquering Babylonian Empire stretching from Egypt to Persian Gulf: called Assyrian Empire. After H. died Babylonian empire started to weaken: Ashur and Nineveh were some of the first city-states to break away from empire of Babylonia. POWs brought to Assyrian Empire’s growing cities as slaves: slaves worked farmlands or were put to work on building projects. Some prisoners managed to escape and return home: others started families and lived in Assyria. Empire- a group of lands and people ruled by one government All info. “revolves around government” Primary source document: Code of H. [So] that the strong may not oppress the weak, to give justice to the orphan and the widow, I have inscribed my precious words… If a Freeman has put out the eye of another Freeman, they shall put out his eye. If he breaks the bone of another Freeman, they shall break his bone. If he puts out the eye of a Poor Man, or breaks the bone of a Poor Man, he shall pay 1 mina [17.5 ounces] of silver. If he puts out the eye of a Slave of another Freeman, … he shall pay half his [the slave’s] price. If any one be too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition… if then the dam break and all the fields be flooded; then shall he… be sold for money [as a slave], and the money shall replace the corn which he has… ruined. Secondary source of this primary source: Our world Location Date All of Ancient N/A Mesopotamia/ N/A Law N/A Empire Government Fought to gain N/A Empire Society Source Looks like they War side of the had slaves for Standard of Ur soldiers as well as soldiers Used chariot for war pulled by horse Looks like used daggers Looks like they lost soldiers on ground Looks like opposing army is attacking other army that apparently is richer by the looks of it: better chariots than opposing army