Transcript Four Empire PPT

 Sumer
was made of independent, city-states.
They often fought with each other over
things like land rights and water use. This
lack of unity left them open to attacked by
other people.
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Akkadians
came from
northern
Mesopotamia to
conquer Sumer.
They were led by a
king named
Sargon.
Even
though the Akkadians
ruled, culture in Sumer
continued. The Akkadians used
the irrigation system to farm,
cuneiform for recording laws
and worshiped the same Gods
and Godesses.
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kings found it hard to rule because it
was such a large empire. It became weaker
and weaker and finally fell to invaders 200
years after Sargon died.
 Hammurabi
was the
king of Babylon, a
small city-state in
the center of
Mesopotamia. He
soon conquered all
of Mesopotamia and
made Babylon the
capital. His empire
would become
known as the
Babylonian Empire.
Hammurabi was best
known for his code of
laws. He used them to
keep law and order in
his empire.
 His code of laws was
very detailed. It covered
every situation.
 First found written laws
on a stone pillar.
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If you could change the rules at your house
would you? Would you change them all, just
some, or none of them?
 Take a piece of lined paper and fold it in half.
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On the left write down the rules of the house right
now.
On the right write whether you would keep that rule
or not.
On the back write down any rules you would not keep
and why. Then write any new rules you would put in
their place.
Use complete sentences when writing on the
back.
These laws seem harsh
to people in modern
times, but they were a
great achievement
because they applied to
everyone equally.
Lets judge which laws
were fair and unfair.
“Hammurabi Court
activity”
 Life
in Babylonia thrived under king
Hammnurabi. He had many great
achievements.
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He created a postal system and built roads.
Farming was great! He kept the irrigation system
working.
Babylonia was on the Euphrates River and it
became known for trade.
 Babylonian
society was a fair and just
society. The same laws applied to everyone.
 Even slaves had some rights. They could own
property. They could work different places
and keep the money they made, and if they
made enough money they could buy their
freedom.
 Woman had many right as well. They could
own property and keep money of their own.
 Hammurabi’s
rule only lasted a few hundred
years. The Assyrains were the next group of
people to create and rule the empire.
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The Assyrians had a powerful military and everyone
feared their military might. They were a cruel ruling
people.
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They made people they conquered leave their land.
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Sometimes they cut off the heads of the rulers they
conquered.
Their greatest achievements included military
weapons and war strategies.
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They perfected the use of horses in battle and used iron
weapons.
They became experts at siege warfare, where they
would attack a city over and over and over until they
surrendered.
They built moveable towers and rolled them up
to the city’s walls and climbed over.
At its most powerful it
stretched from Egypt all
the way to the Persian
Gulf. However its size
was ultimately it’s
downfall. It became too
large to control, the
army was stretched thin,
and eventually it fell to
the Babylonians.
 The
Babylonians
again gained
control of
Mesopotamia 2nd
time. They
established their
empire once again
under the name
Neo-Babylonia.
Neo means new.
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He decorated this palace with beautiful hanging gardens.
They became known as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
This became one of the wonders of the ancient world.
 Neo-Babylonians
were skilled at
mathematics and
astronomy.
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They created the
first sundial so they
could tell time using
the sun.
 There
were four great empires that once
ruled Mesopotamia. Each empire had its own
ruler, its own achievements and its own
challenges that eventually led to its failure.
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The Akkadians
Hammurabi and the Babylonians
The Assyrians
The Neo-Babylonians
Mesopotamia thrived during the early years.
Early man and early civilizations flourished.
 Outside Mesopotamia, other cultures were
developed at the same time as Mesopotamia.
 The Ancient Egyptians and the Hebrews were all
thriving in their own ways.
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 Pretend
you are a world famous historian.
You have been asked to write and present a
report on the empires in Ancient
Mesopotamia. You have been asked to answer
the question:
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Which Mesopotamian Empire made the greatest
accomplishment?
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paragraph should follow the outline
below:
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Paragraph one: Introduction on which empire you
picked.
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Paragraph two: give at least two examples that
are specific and detailed that support your
opinion.
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Paragraph three: Explain why one of the other
empires is not as great and give reasons why.