1. Bell Work
Write Anything and Everything you know about the Babylonians, Israel, or Assyria.

2. Babylonians, Israel, or Assyria

3. Babylonia, Israel, & Assyria

4. Video
10:09-16:30

5. Babylonians Hammurabi’s Code
Please read through the part of the code I gave you
What did you find the most interesting?

6. Babylonians After Hammurabi’s death- Empire was conquered
1,000 yrs. B4 next empire in Mesopotamia
King Hammurabi conquered N. & S. city-states of Mesopotamia
1792 B.C. - Controlled region
Laws protected weak ppl.
Some punishments- Cruel
Created laws in the empire & laws were written down
Babylonians
1780 B.C.-Hammurabi’s Code written
Code- Written group of laws
All aspects of life were effected by the laws
Ex.- Crime, agriculture, family, etc.
Hammurabi’s Code-Oldest set of laws
282 laws everyone had to follow

7. Laws If you were to create laws what would you write your laws about?
Write the punishments that you would have if the law is not followed

8. Israel

9. Israel (Introduction)
Religion was influential
1st to practice monotheism- Belief in 1 God
1000 B.C.- Israelites built Kingdom in Canaan
SW Asia on eastern end of Mediterranean Sea
Israel (Introduction)
Belief name=Judaism
Ppl. who follow= Jewish/Jews
Hebrew Bible- Major source of early hist.
Wrote down hist. & religious belief
Hebrew Bible
Language spoke= Hebrew

10. Israel (Abraham & Moses)
Hist. began B.C.
Covenant created
Special agreement
Covenant w/Abraham
Moved from Mesopotamia to Canaan
God gave Moses the 10 Commandments
Israel
(Abraham & Moses)
Grandson- Jacob
Jacob aka Israel
Israelites wandered the desert
Descendants=Israelites
Ea. created a tribe
12 tribes of Israel
God told Moses to lead to Israelites out of Egypt
Remembered during Passover
100 yrs. After Canaan arrival- drought
Moved to Egypt
Israelites became slaves

11. (The Kingdom of Israel)
Joshua led Israelites to Canaan after Moses died
Kingdom of Israel founded
Remember- Followers=Jews/Jewish
970 B.C.- David= 1st king
1st Capital- Jerusalem
Politics & religion center
Israelite religion- Judaism
Israel
(The Kingdom of Israel)
Soloman- David’s son
Built stone temple- religion center
721 B.C.- Assyrians conquered north
Judah survived
Israel split in 2 after Soloman’s death
North=Israel
South=Judah

12. Israel (Judah & the Diaspora)
620 B.C.- Jews were being ruled by other empires
1st- Egyptians conquered
2nd- Chaldeans
63 B.C.- Romans conquered the Jews
165 B.C.- Jews rebelled against the Greeks
Rebuilt their kingdom
3rd- Persians
4th- Greeks
Israel
(Judah & the Diaspora)
Under Greeks- Some lived in Judah
Hebrew Bible translated into Greek
Jewish belief spread thru Mediterranean
Jews living outside of Judah- Diaspora
“Scattered”

13. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnQGjmdUGCI 16:30-22:35
23:10-27:33

14. The Assyrians & Chaldeans
Mesopotamia city-state Ashur-Fertile farmland
900 B.C.- Army was strong
Started conquering neighbors
The Assyrians & Chaldeans
(Introduction)
Attractive target
Assyrians created large army

15. The Assyrians & Chaldeans
Rulers were hated
612 B.C. Nineveh & empire fell
Bow & arrow
experts
1st fighters w/horse-drawn chariots
Iron weapons
Built palaces & temples
1st library
25,000 cuneiform tablets
Tunneled under walls or used tree trunks to knock the walls down
The Assyrians & Chaldeans
(The Assyrian Empire)
Burned the city down
Stole valuables
Carried ppl. away
Divided territories-provinces
Built roads
Easier for troops to move
Made trade easier
650 B.C.- Largest empire in region
Persian Gulf thru Fertile Crescent to Egypt
Capital city-Nineveh

16. The Assyrians & Chaldeans
Led overthrow of Assyria
King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt Babylon
Glorious capital city w/brick wall
Jewish prisoners in Babylon returned to homeland
Judah & Mesopotamia-Part of the empire
Hanging Gardens
Ishtar Gate-Shiny blue tiles
300 ft. ziggurat to Babylonia go Marduk
539 B.C.- Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered Babylon
The Assyrians & Chaldeans
(The Chaldeans)
Major discoveries
Astronomy-Study of the stars & planets
562 B.C.-Nebuchadnezzar died
Empire struggling
Food shortages
Wealth used to build
Movement of planets
Made map of the stars
Used astronomy to create an accurate calendar

17. Final Thoughts I would like you to answer these 4 questions
1st, Why was the creation of written laws important to the creation of a civilization?
2nd, How could the spread of the Jewish faith impact other societies around the world?
3rd, What were developments the Assyrians created?
4th, What were some of the major discoveries the Chaldeans had?