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Asia World’s 1st Civilization
Mesopotamia Present Day Iraq
(The Fertile Crescent)
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Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia
n Mesopotamia means: “land between two rivers”
n Civilization developed between the Euphrates and the Tigris Rivers
n By 3000 B.C. a number of cities are established by the Sumerians
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Role of the Environment
n Rivers supplied basics for survival n Food n Water n Sanitation
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Role of the Environment
n Problems with living near a river valley? n Destroyed by frequent floods. n Communication amongst the various isolated
cities was very difficult
How did they solve these problems?
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City-States
Each city-state had its own written code of law, assembly of citizens, king, and chief god.
n Sumer( Main Region) n Ur n Uruk n Kish n Babylon
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Invention of Writing
n Result was the development of cuneiform: n “wedge-shaped” n pictographic system
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Cuneiform
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Sumerian Society
n Sumer was different from all other earlier civilizations n Advanced cities n Specialized workers n Complex institutions n Record keeping n Advanced technology
n Developed city-states n Food surplus increased population expanded
trade expansion of Sumerian society
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Sumerian Society
n Polytheistic n Wrote myths (Epic of Gilgamesh) n Had social classes
n Priests and kings were at the top n Slaves were at the bottom
n Women probably couldn’t attend school but had many other rights
n Advances in mathematics n Number system based on 60 (60 seconds=1 minute)
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Sumerian Society
ZigguratsServed as religious temples
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Sumerian Inventions n Wheel n Potter’s wheel (shape
containers) n Levees n Irrigation n Number system n 12 month calendar n Metal plow n Sail n Some of the earliest known
maps n New architecture
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Conquering of Sumer
n The Sumerian city-states eventually fell to foreign invaders (2000s BC)
n The Akkadians: n Sargon I (2300-2200 BC) unites all
Mesopotamian cities (creates first empire) n Under Sargon I
n Akkadians adopted Sumerian religion n Akkadians adopted Sumerian farming
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n Amorites (2000-1600 BC) n Located in modern day Syria n Conquered many parts of old Sumeria
(including Babylon) n Hammurabi--created a law code with harsh
punishments n Borrowed heavily from Sumerian culture n After Hammurabi’s death Babylon declined
Babylonian Empire
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Hittites n Began to conquer Asia
Minor (2000 BC) n A strong army with chariots n Conquered Amorites in
1595 BC) n Borrowed from
Mesopotamian and Egyptian culture
n Had a law code less harsh than Hammurabi’s
n Lasted until about 1200 BC
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Assyrians
n Started to gain strength about 900 BC
n Powerful army n Treated conquered
people cruelly n Large empire with
good roads n Collapsed about
612 BC
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Chaldeans n Defeated the Assyrains in
about 612 BC n Descended from Hammarabi’s
Babylonians n At its height during the rule of
Nebuchadnezzar (605-562 BC) n Spent a lot of money on
Babylon n Built Hanging Gardens
n Empire collapsed in 539 BC after being defeated by the Persians
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Gods/Goddesses n Anu- Main God n Ki- Goddess of the earth n Enki- God of Water n Enlil - Lord of the wind n Nanna- Moon God n Utu- Sun n God Inanna (Ishtar) - she was the
goddess of love and war.
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