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Ch. 6 Four Mesopotamian Empires
Hanging Gardens of
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Table of Contents
Assignment
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Preview 6
Reading Notes 6
Mesopotamia Map
GRAPES of Mesopotamia
Ch. 6 Vocabulary
Processing 5
Hammurabi’s School Rules
Timeline Challenge 1
Unit 2 Egypt
Geography Challenge 2
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Ch. 6 “Four Empires of Mesopotamia”
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Not united so group after group conquered
the area and made empires
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No one controlled it for very long
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Four empires 2300 - 539 B.C.E.
The Akkadian Empire (2300 B.C.E.)
6.2 The Akkadian Empire
This stele represents the Akkadian achievement of…
creating the world’s first empire
using military skill to defeat Sumer
This achievement was important because…
it ended the fighting between small city-states
6.3 Life Under Akkadian Rule
This stele represents the Akkadian achievement of…
sculpting steles (relief sculptures on stones)
This achievement was important because…
it has given us a history of the Akkadian
Empire
Sargon
Victory Stele
The Babylonian Empire (1750 B.C.E.)
6.4 Hammurabi and the Babylonian Empire
This stele represents the Babylonian achievement of…
developing a code of laws
Hammurabi’s Code of Laws
This achievement was important because…
it was the first code of laws to apply to everyone
Unified empire, preserved order
6.5 Life in the Babylonian Empire
This stele represents the Babylonian achievement of…
developing Babylon as a trading center
allowing women to own property and keep money
allowing slaves to buy freedom
This achievement was important because…
it enriched people’s lives and brought new ideas to Babylon
Ch.6
Exploring Four Empires
of Mesopotamia
The Assyrian Empire (650 B.C.E.)
6.6 The Assyrian Empire
This stele represents the Assyrian achievement of…
• new weapons (battering rams & moveable towers)
• war strategies
This achievement was important because…
• other conquerors copied their weapons and strategies
• built powerful empires
The Assyrian Empire (650 B.C.E.)
6.7 Life Under the Assyrians
This stele represents the Assyrian achievement of…
• bas-reliefs (sculpture portrayed as a picture)
• aqueducts
This achievement was important because…
• realism was introduced into sculpture
• water was needed in the cities
The Neo-Babylonian Empire (600 B.C.E.)
6.8 The Neo-Babylonian Empire
This stele represents the Neo-Babylonian achievement of…
• building protective walls and a moat around Babylon
This achievement was important because…
• it kept Babylonians safe
The Neo-Babylonian Empire (600 B.C.E.)
6.9 Life in the Neo-Babylonian Empire
This stele represents the Neo-Babylonian achievement of…
• building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• first sundial
This achievement was important because…
• the gardens were an engineering masterpiece
• able to tell time using the sun
Hammurabi’s Code of Laws
(Main Topic)
Category 1
details
Category 2
details
Category 3
details
Tree Map: Used to classify or categorize
Chaparral Students
6th Grade
Ancient History
11 years old
Arrowhead
7th Grade
Medieval History
12 years old
Catalina
8th Grade
U.S. History
13 years old
Yosemite
GRAPES
Geography Religion Achievements Politics Economics
Social
Structures
GRAPES
•Use key terms
•Write 1 or 2 sentences (bullet points okay)
•Draw picture
•Present to class
GRAPES of Mesopotamia (ISN ___)
Geography Religion Achievements Politics Economics
Social
Structures
Geography
•Mesopotamia – “land between the rivers”
•Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
•Located in the fertile crescent
•Modern-day Iraq
Religion
•Believed in many gods = polytheism
•Believed gods lived in ziggurats
•Kings and priests went to ziggurats to pray and ask
for the gods’ blessings
•Believed that the kings were chosen by the gods****
Achievements
•Sumerian Inventions:
•Wheel!!!
•Plow used to till soil, prepare for planting
•Cuneiform – first system of writing
Politics
•City state was like a country because it had its own
farmland and government
•Hammurabi’s Code of Laws was the first set of laws
ever created
•Four Mesopotamian Empires:
•Akkadian - Sargon
•Babylonian - Hammurabi
•Assyrian – war strategies
•Neo-Babylonian – Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Economics
•Farming created a stable food supply
•Irrigation techniques improved farming
•Surplus of food led to specialized skills (blacksmith,
traders, house builder, farmer, weavers, scribes, etc.)
Social Structure
•Upper class (power & money) – lived in the middle
of the city, attended banquets – king, priests, gov’t
officials
•Common class – farmer, fishermen, blacksmiths,
merchants
•slaves
Epic Gilgamesh
•oldest written story on Earth.
•Sumer
•12 clay tablets in cuneiform
•adventures of the historical King of
Uruk
•between 2750 and 2500 BCE