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Empires Of Mesopotamia - Coggle Diagram
Empires Of Mesopotamia
Akkadian Empire
Akkadian Info
~ 1792 b.c. the leader of Babylon, Hammurabi, conquered neighboring Amorites cities, and named it the "Babylon Empire"
Amorites who lives in west Mesopotamia took over, and the greatest city was called Babylon
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Babylon
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Hammurabi made a set of laws called "Hammurabi's Code," and it covered crimes, farming, business, marriage, and the family.
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the empire stretched from the Persian gulf, through Mesopotamia, and touching the Mediterranean.
1,000 years after empire was formed Assyrians took over.
~ 1792 b.c. the leader of Babylon, Hammurabi, conquered neighboring Amorites cities, and named it the "Babylon Empire"
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Assyrians
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robbed people, set crops on fire, and destroyed towns and dams, etc. (horrible people)
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extended into Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq
still has laws, but punishments were harsher
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built temples, and wrote stories
Ashurbanipal (Assyrian leader) made one of the first libraries (many important tablets, and artifacts)
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harshness = often rebelled, and when fighting for a new leader happened, the "Chaldeans" took power. this happened around 650 b.c.
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Vocab
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military = relating to soldiers, arms, or war
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complex = having many parts, details, or ideas
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caravans = a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
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Phoenicians
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expert sailors, great harbours
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often owned by others, but still wealthy trading society
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grew wealthy (also traded slaves, purple dye, ivory, silverwork)
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alphabet changed, and inspired many future alphabets (very important)