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Mesopotamian Civilizations (The Hebrews (Founders of Judaism (Holy Book:…
Mesopotamian Civilizations
Babylon
Set Up the 1st OFFICIAL RECORDED set of Laws
Hammurabi's Code
Trade and Commerce
Private Enterprises and Property
Civil Law:Deals with Private rights and Matters
Advanced Trade
Nebuchadnezzar and The Hanging Gardens
Criminal Law: deals with offenses against others
Akkad
Set-Up the First Empire
Invaders destroyed the the empire after Sargon's death
Leader: Sargon The Great
Conquered Sumer
Persia
Modern Day Iran
Built a Royal road to unite and connect the whole LARGE empire
Learned Division of Land
Put small governors in charge to run and rule rule some small cities these people were called Satraps.
Darius I was the Creator and ruler of this whole empire and created all of these improvements
Treated the conquered people well: Let them keep their religion and various cultures
Introduced a coinage system
Contradicted with the old bartering systems used before
Sumer
1st Civilization
Irrigation of Crops
Invented:
Wheel
Plow
Sail
Writing (Cuneiform)
The writing was developed and used by the Priests to keep record and the government kept an increase use of it.
Theocracy
Literature
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Social Classes
FARMERS were the bottom 90%
Ziggurats
TEMPLE OF WORSHIP
The Hebrews
Began the belief in Monotheism
Belief in One God
THE MOST LONG LASTING MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION
Holy City: Jerusalem
Originally Desert Nomads
Founders of Judaism
Holy Book: The Torah
Symbol: Star of David
Most important Temple was Solomon's Temple- Destroyed by the Romans
Abraham
Father of the Jews
God or "Yahweh" appeared before Abraham
Still Waiting for the Messiah
Belief that they were gods chosen people
The 10 Commandments
The Laws the god sent down to "his" People
Establishment of Covenants
Assyria
Advanced planning and organization of their Military
Used Military power and Credulity to control the empire
Valued reading and Writing and pushed for literacy and education of the young ones......
Created the 1st Modern Library
Had the fiercest warriors and very cruel and unusual battle tactics
The Phoenicians
TRANSMITTERS OF CIVILIZATION
TRADE
Glass from Sand
Purple Dye (From A Tiny Seal Snail) That was only made for Royalty Figures
Developed the First Alphabet (They only used the Consonants)