Mesopotamian empires. text
Akkadian Empire. (Akkad)
Babylonian Empire.
Now Iraq.
Built upon the advances of the Sumerians.
Located on eastern bank of the Euphrates River.
Empire occupied the middle and Southern part of Mesopotamia.
Grandest of cities
Assyrian Empire
Powerful military. (Defended hills and fertile valleys)
Arose about 1,000 years after empire of Hammurabi)
900 BC army became taking over Mesopotamia.)
Army well trained
Fought with slingshots, bows and arrows, swords, and spears.
Army drove people from homes
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Peace broken between Akkadians and Sumerians in 2300s BC.
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Developed along Tigris and Euphrates.
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Positioned between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
First written mention of Babylon dates to 3800 B.C.
Stretched from present- day city of Baghdad, Iraq, south to the Persian Gulf.
604 B.C 7,000 Jews were brought back to Babylonia as Prisoners
606 B.C King Nabopolassar helped conquer Assyrian capital of Nineveh and used oppurtunity to establish own kingdom.
Hammurabi ruled from 1792-1750 B.C
Ruled in Mesopotamia from 1400-600 B.C.
Tower of Babel was a ziggurat.
Builders thought they could build a tower high in the sky very proud of it, but made God angry. Punished by people of the world divided by being made to speak different languages
Tower of Babel and Babylonian empire destroyed by Persians around 478 B.C
Golden Temple
Kept water lush and green by complex water system.
Hamurabi took throne in 1792 B.C. (Was skilled statesman and warrior.)
Assyria slowly grew to be a powerful kingdom.
Used chariots, battering rams and armored horses
Conquered Babylonia in 689 B.C.
612 B.C everything fell apart.
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Phonecians
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high seas
1000 BC
created color purple
created alphabet
sailed from island to island
expert trading and sea
temple dominated center city
communicate by sarcophagus/tomb
sarcophagus oldest of writing
found carthrage now very important
traded ivory color purple slaves
tied selves to boat when stormy
masks used to dcare off dpirits.
traded gold, iron etc for jewels
great at glass making
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injury
Hammurabi code= law