1. Ancient Middle East

3. Sumer 3000 BC
City-States made up Sumer

4. Sumer 3000 BC City-States made up Sumer Number 6
60 minutes, 360 * Circle

5. Sumer 3000 BC City-States made up Sumer Number 6
60 minutes, 360 * Circle
1st People to write – Cuneiform

6. Sumer 3000 BC City-States made up Sumer Number 6
60 minutes, 360 * Circle
1st People to write – Cuneiform
Algebra and Geometry

7. Sumer 3000 BC City-States made up Sumer Number 6
60 minutes, 360 * Circle
1st People to write – Cuneiform
Algebra and Geometry
1st wheeled vehicles

8. Sumer 3000 BC City-States made up Sumer Number 6
60 minutes, 360 * Circle
1st People to write – Cuneiform
Algebra and Geometry
1st wheeled vehicles
Epic of Gilgamesh

9. AKKAD 1st Known Empire
King Sargon

10. BABYLONIAN EMPIRE 1700 BC
King Hammurabi

11. BABYLONIAN EMPIRE 1700 BC
Code of Hammurabi first set of codified laws in Mesopotamia

12. HITTITES 1400 BC Present day Turkey
Iron working secrets

13. ASSYRIANS 1100 – 600 BC Present day Northern Iraq / Syria

14. ASSYRIANS 1100 – 600 BC Present day Northern Iraq / Syria
King Assurbanipal
Order in Palace (veils)

15. ASSYRIANS 1100 – 600 BC Present day Northern Iraq / Syria
King Assurbanipal
Order in Palace (veils)
Burned, maimed, destroyed

16. ASSYRIANS 1100 – 600 BC Present day Northern Iraq / Syria
King Assurbanipal
Order in Palace (veils)
Burned, maimed, destroyed
1st Library in Mesopotamia (Ninevah)

17. BABYLONS II 612 BC
King Nebuchadnezzar

18. BABYLONS II 612 BC King Nebuchadnezzar Ruthless King Loved knowledge
Hired priests / Astrologers (Astronomy)
Enslaved educated Jews

19. PERSIAN EMPIRE 539 BC Centered in present day Iran (Persian Gulf)
Cyrus
the Conqueror

20. Darius PERSIAN EMPIRE 539 BC Policy of Tolerance and Acceptance
Set up Provinces
to help govern large empire

21. PHOENICIANS 600 – 100 BC Sailors and Traders Traded Knowledge Alphabet
Sea Galley

22. Cultural diffusion is the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another. The mixing of world cultures through different ethnicities, religions and nationalities has increased with advanced communication, transportation and technology.

23. Assignment: Map with Legend (dates)
Sumer
Akkad (Akkadian Empire)
Babylonian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Persian Empire
Phoenicians
Hittites