1. Finish creating your depiction of Humbaba from the Epic of Gilgamesh
6.9 Can you trace the development of the successive city-states and empires of the Fertile Crescent region?
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Finish creating your depiction of Humbaba from the Epic of Gilgamesh

2. Let’s Review…Sargon & Hammurabi
6.9 Can you trace the development of the successive city-states and empires of the Fertile Crescent region?
Let’s Review…Sargon & Hammurabi
Sargon the Great-ruled the Akkadian Empire & conquered Sumer in 2340 B.C.
Had a powerful army
Created the world’s first empire: a group of many different lands under one ruler
King of Sumer and Akkad
He ruled from c.2334 B.C B.C
Empire lasted for more than 200 hundred years before invaders

3. Hammurabi-1800s B.C. conquered Mesopotamia & built their own cities
6.9 Can you trace the development of the successive city-states and empires of the Fertile Crescent region?
Hammurabi-1800s B.C. conquered Mesopotamia & built their own cities
Babylon was the grandest
Hammurabi created the Babylonian Empire in 1792 B.C. Reigned from 1792 B.C B.C.
Hammurabi’s Code-a set of laws
Based on social class
Every area of life

4. The empires of Assyrians and Chaldeans
6.9 Can you trace the development of the successive city-states and empires of the Fertile Crescent region? Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
The empires of Assyrians and Chaldeans

5. Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
The Assyrians- about 1,000 years after Hammurabi
The Assyrian Empire
Large and powerful army that began to take over Mesopotamia
50,000 soldiers
Fought with slingshots, bows and arrows, swords, and spears
Robbed people, set crops on fire, destroyed towns
Brutal
One key to success was iron weapons. The Hittites, people in the north mastered iron production. The Assyrians learned from them.

6. Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
Assyrian Kings and Government
Capital was Nineveh.
Divided their empire into provinces
Life in Assyria
Had code laws, but their punishments were harsher
Worshipped many gods
King Ashurbanipal built one of the world’s first libraries
Farming and trade were both important
They brought in metal and wood to supply their empire

7. Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
Why was the Assyrian army so strong?
Why did the Assyrians bring in building materials from long distances?
Mesopotamia was an arid land with several deserts. Few trees grew there, and the land evidently did not have a supply of stone suitable to the Assyrians’ building needs.

8. Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
The Chaldean Empire
The people rebelled against the Assyrians. In about 650 B.C., the Chaldeans took power. They burned Nineveh to the ground.
In 627 B.C, King Nabopolassar led a revolt and was crowned king of Babylon.
Nabopolassar’s son was Nebuchanezzar. Their capital was Babylon.
The Greatness of Babylon
King Nebuchnezzar rebuilt Babylon into the largest and richest city in the world.
He built a grand palace and a huge ziggurat.
He also built one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world….The Hanging Gardens

9. Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
This was a terraced garden with trees, flowering vines, and beautiful plants.

10. Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
Had an irrigation system that brought water from the Euphrates River
Nebuchadnezzar built a street paved with limestone and marble, and lined the walls with blue tile.
Each spring, a gold statue of the god Marduk was wheeled along the street. It was thought this would bring peace and bigger crops.
Built more canals, which made the land more fertile.
He collected very high taxes to pay for his projects and army.
The artisans lived outside the city.
The major trade route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterrean sea passed through Babylon.
Caravans would travel through the area, buying the goods, making Babylon wealthy.

11. Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
Scientific Advancements
Astronomers mapped the stars, planets, and phases of the moon.
Invented one of the first sundials to measure time
First to follow a seven day week
Fall of the Empire
Poor harvests and slow trade weakened the empire
After Nebuchadnezzar, weak kings ruled
Persians took advantage in 539 B.C. and captured Babylon
The Persians didn’t destroy all the Chaldeans had accomplished.

12. Summarize the major contributions of King Nebuchadnezzar.
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