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Mesopotamia “Land Between two Rivers” (Hammurabi's Code (1700's…
Mesopotamia “Land Between two Rivers”
Akkadians
The World’s first Empire
Sargon the Great
The World’s first Emporer
Babylonia (1)
Hammurabi
Hammurabi’s Codes
An Eye for an and eye
Not everyone was treated equally
It depended on your power and status
Very harsh punishments
Presumption of innocence
Hammurabis was King 1792-1750 BCE
Babylonian Maths
60 Base Numbers
Hittites
Hattusas
Capital City
Chariots
Stolen by the Greeks and the Romans
Lions Gate
Treaty of Kadesh
Signed with Ramses ||
First recorded peace treaty in history
Assyrians
Military Gods
They never lost until they lost
If they lost a battle / ever stopped Conquest, the world would end.
Jewish Captive - 800 BCE
Babylonia (2)
Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Ishtar's Gates
Hanging Garden of Babylon
Display of Irrigation
Display of Prosperity
Display of Engineering
It was prosperous in the desert, even.
Israelites in Captivity
Persia
Largest Empire in the World
Difference Makers / Kings
Cyrus the Great
No Pillaging, Raping, or Slavery
Built Persepolis
Tolerant Leader
(580 -529) BCE
Darius the Great
Expanded the Persian Empire
Peak of Leadership
The Royal Road
Extended to the Indus River Valley
(526-485 BCE)
Phoenicians
Sea Routes
Trade
"Now the Phoenicians can get down to business"
Bireme Ships
Rowing Below Deck
Home of the Alphabet
The Romans actually stole the Alphabet and made it Latin
Sumeria
Wheels
Sculpture
They had the resources for this
Cuneiform
Writing
Wedge Shaped Writing
Polytheistic
Enki
God of Water
Innana
Goddess of Love and War
Ziggurats
Flat-topped Temples
Ur
Mountain of the Gods
Gilgamesh
Basically the Oddesy
Hammurabi's Code
1700's BCE
Eye for an Eye
King 1792-1750 BCE
One of the oldest law codes in the laws
Babylonian
United the Babylonian Empire / Mesopotamia
“THat the strong might not injure the weak.”
Right to Left
282 Laws
Baked Clay tablets and a Steele (2.5 ft w, 7’2 h.)
Biblical Heroes
Kingdoms of Judah & Israel
Split after Soloman's Death
Judah is destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar.
They split and fall to other empires
The Assyrians take it over.
The Hittites take over a chunk of it.
Falls to the Babylonians
Moses
Plauges
After the Famine, brought to you by Joseph of the sons of Jacob.
The Ten Commandments
“Covenant” with Yahweh
Mount Sinai
King David and His Empire
They took half of the fertile crescent.
King Solomon (David's Son) takes over
Expands to the Euphrates
The Hittites take over a chunk of it.
Wailing Wall
Arc of the Covenant inside the Temple.
Jerusalem is the crossroad of all mono-religions.