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Monday, November 18, 13
Mesopotamia
Monday, November 18, 13
Mesopotamia
GLOBAL STUDIES
Monday, November 18, 13
Monday, November 18, 13
Mesopotamia
Monday, November 18, 13
Mesopotamia
Monday, November 18, 13
Monday, November 18, 13
Mesopotamia
Monday, November 18, 13
Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia means: “land between two
rivers”
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Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia means: “land between two
rivers”
Civilization developed between the
Euphrates and the Tigris Rivers
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Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia means: “land between two
rivers”
Civilization developed between the
Euphrates and the Tigris Rivers
By 3000 B.C. a number of cities are
established by the Sumerians
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Monday, November 18, 13
Role of the Environment
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Role of the Environment
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Created in a region that agriculture is
possible- IMPORTANCE?
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Irrigation and drainage possible- HOW?
Forced people to work together and formed
communities
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Monday, November 18, 13
Role of the Environment
Monday, November 18, 13
Role of the Environment
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Rivers supplied basics for existence
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food
water
sanitation
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Role of the Environment
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Rivers supplied basics for existence
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food
water
sanitation
Also provided for shelter
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How?
basics of building?
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Monday, November 18, 13
Role of the Environment
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Role of the Environment
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Problems with living near a river valley?
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Role of the Environment
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Problems with living near a river valley?
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Destroyed by frequent floods that ravaged
entire cities
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Role of the Environment
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Problems with living near a river valley?
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Destroyed by frequent floods that ravaged
entire cities
restrained political development (Sumer was a
geographical maze)
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Role of the Environment
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Problems with living near a river valley?
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Destroyed by frequent floods that ravaged
entire cities
restrained political development (Sumer was a
geographical maze)
Communication amongst the various isolated
cities was very difficult
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Monday, November 18, 13
Invention of Writing
Monday, November 18, 13
Invention of Writing
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Origins of Writing probably go back to the
ninth millennium B.C.
Monday, November 18, 13
Invention of Writing
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Origins of Writing probably go back to the
ninth millennium B.C.
4th millennium- realized that drawing
tokens was easier than making tokens
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Invention of Writing
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Origins of Writing probably go back to the
ninth millennium B.C.
4th millennium- realized that drawing
tokens was easier than making tokens
Result was the development of
cuneiform:
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“wedge-shaped”
pictographic system
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Monday, November 18, 13
Cuneiform
Monday, November 18, 13
Cuneiform
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Sumerian Society
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Sumer was different from all other earlier
civilizations
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Advanced cities
Specialized workers
Complex institutions
Record keeping
Advanced technology
Developed city-states
Food surplus increased population expanded
trade expansion of Sumerian society
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Sumerian Society
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Polytheistic
Wrote myths (Epic of Gilgamesh)
Had social classes
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Priests and kings were at the top
Slaves were at the bottom
Women probably couldn’t attend school but had
many other rights
Advances in mathematics
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Number system based on 60 (60 seconds=1 minute)
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Sumerian Inventions
Monday, November 18, 13
Sumerian Inventions
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Wagon wheel
Potter’s wheel (shape
containers)
Number system
12 month calendar
Metal plow
Sail
Some of the earliest
known maps
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Sumerian Inventions
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Wagon wheel
Potter’s wheel (shape
containers)
Number system
12 month calendar
Metal plow
Sail
Some of the earliest
known maps
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From Sumerians to
Babylonians
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From Sumerians to
Babylonians
The Sumerian city-states eventually fell
to foreign invaders (2000s BC)
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From Sumerians to
Babylonians
The Sumerian city-states eventually fell
to foreign invaders (2000s BC)
The Akkadians:
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From Sumerians to
Babylonians
The Sumerian city-states eventually fell
to foreign invaders (2000s BC)
The Akkadians:
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Semites- nomadic people from the Arabian
Peninsula that migrated to Mesopotamia
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From Sumerians to
Babylonians
The Sumerian city-states eventually fell
to foreign invaders (2000s BC)
The Akkadians:
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Semites- nomadic people from the Arabian
Peninsula that migrated to Mesopotamia
Sargon I (2300-2200 BC) unites all
Mesopotamian cities (creates first empire)
Monday, November 18, 13
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From Sumerians to
Babylonians
The Sumerian city-states eventually fell
to foreign invaders (2000s BC)
The Akkadians:
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Semites- nomadic people from the Arabian
Peninsula that migrated to Mesopotamia
Sargon I (2300-2200 BC) unites all
Mesopotamian cities (creates first empire)
Under Sargon I
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Babylonian Empire
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Babylonian Empire
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Amorites (2000-1600 BC)
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Babylonian Empire
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Amorites (2000-1600 BC)
Located in modern day Syria
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Babylonian Empire
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Amorites (2000-1600 BC)
Located in modern day Syria
Conquered many parts of old Sumeria
(including Babylon)
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Babylonian Empire
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Amorites (2000-1600 BC)
Located in modern day Syria
Conquered many parts of old Sumeria
(including Babylon)
Hammurabi--created a law code with
harsh punishments
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Babylonian Empire
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Amorites (2000-1600 BC)
Located in modern day Syria
Conquered many parts of old Sumeria
(including Babylon)
Hammurabi--created a law code with
harsh punishments
Borrowed heavily from Sumerian culture
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Babylonian Empire
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Amorites (2000-1600 BC)
Located in modern day Syria
Conquered many parts of old Sumeria
(including Babylon)
Hammurabi--created a law code with
harsh punishments
Borrowed heavily from Sumerian culture
After Hammurabi’s death Babylon declined
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Hittites
Monday, November 18, 13
Hittites
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Began to conquer Asia
Minor (2000 BC)
Monday, November 18, 13
Hittites
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Began to conquer Asia
Minor (2000 BC)
A strong army with
chariots
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Hittites
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Began to conquer Asia
Minor (2000 BC)
A strong army with
chariots
Conquered Babylon in
1595 BC)
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Hittites
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Began to conquer Asia
Minor (2000 BC)
A strong army with
chariots
Conquered Babylon in
1595 BC)
Borrowed from
Mesopotamian and
Egyptian culture
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Hittites
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Began to conquer Asia
Minor (2000 BC)
A strong army with
chariots
Conquered Babylon in
1595 BC)
Borrowed from
Mesopotamian and
Egyptian culture
Had a law code less harsh
than Hammurabi’s
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Assyrians
Monday, November 18, 13
Assyrians
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Started to gain
strength about 900
BC
Monday, November 18, 13
Assyrians
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Started to gain
strength about 900
BC
Powerful army
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Assyrians
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Started to gain
strength about 900
BC
Powerful army
Treated conquered
people cruelly
Monday, November 18, 13
Assyrians
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Started to gain
strength about 900
BC
Powerful army
Treated conquered
people cruelly
Large empire with
good roads
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Assyrians
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Started to gain
strength about 900
BC
Powerful army
Treated conquered
people cruelly
Large empire with
good roads
Collapsed about
612 BC
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Chaldeans
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Chaldeans
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Defeated the Assyrains in
about 612 BC
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Chaldeans
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Defeated the Assyrains in
about 612 BC
Descended from
Hammarabi’s Babylonians
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Chaldeans
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Defeated the Assyrains in
about 612 BC
Descended from
Hammarabi’s Babylonians
At its height during the rule
of Nebuchadnezzar (605-562
BC)
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Chaldeans
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Defeated the Assyrains in
about 612 BC
Descended from
Hammarabi’s Babylonians
At its height during the rule
of Nebuchadnezzar (605-562
BC)
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Spent a lot of money on
Babylon
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Chaldeans
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Defeated the Assyrains in
about 612 BC
Descended from
Hammarabi’s Babylonians
At its height during the rule
of Nebuchadnezzar (605-562
BC)
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Spent a lot of money on
Babylon
Built Hanging Gardens
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Chaldeans
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Defeated the Assyrains in
about 612 BC
Descended from
Hammarabi’s Babylonians
At its height during the rule
of Nebuchadnezzar (605-562
BC)
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Spent a lot of money on
Babylon
Built Hanging Gardens
Empire collapsed in 539 BC
after being defeated by the
Persians
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Persians
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Persians
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Were Indo-Europeans
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Persians
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Were Indo-Europeans
Cyrus (conquered from the
Nile to the Indus)
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Persians
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Were Indo-Europeans
Cyrus (conquered from the
Nile to the Indus)
Darius I
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Persians
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Were Indo-Europeans
Cyrus (conquered from the
Nile to the Indus)
Darius I
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Administered the empire using
satraps (governors)
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Persians
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Were Indo-Europeans
Cyrus (conquered from the
Nile to the Indus)
Darius I

Administered the empire using
satraps (governors)

Tolerant to those who were
conquered
Monday, November 18, 13
Persians



Were Indo-Europeans
Cyrus (conquered from the
Nile to the Indus)
Darius I

Administered the empire using
satraps (governors)

Tolerant to those who were
conquered

Increased trade and built roads
Monday, November 18, 13
Persians



Were Indo-Europeans
Cyrus (conquered from the
Nile to the Indus)
Darius I

Administered the empire using
satraps (governors)

Tolerant to those who were
conquered
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Increased trade and built roads
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Lost to the Greeks in 480 BC
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