1. Social Studies
Essential UNIT Question: How did geography influence the development of the Eastern hemisphere?

2. Social Studies Standards
Development of Early Civilizations: 2.2c, 2.4d

3. DO-NOW:
Update Timeline;
Update Table of Contents;

4. Focus Question:
How was the Fertile Crescent geography used as a tool of war?

5. The Assyrian War Machine
Hammurabi’s death gave the Assyrians the confidence to conquer many lands;
Between 1,400 and 600 B.C.E. Assyria fought with Babylon and conquered other city-states, reaching as far as Egypt.
Assyrian armies developed special war tools, like siege towers, battering rams and horse-drawn chariots that allowed them to knock down city walls.

6. Assyrian Siege Machinery

7. Assyrian Battering Rams

8. Assyrian War Chariots

9. Assyrian Bronze-Age Weapons

10. Continued:
The Assyrians used bronze weapons to defeat the Babylonians;
They respected Babylon’s culture and way of life, however;
They preserved Babylon’s culture, language and ideas by keeping their records in the royal library of Nineveh;
The Assyrians developed aqueducts which brought water from a great distance.

11. Assyrian Aqueducts

12. Activity:
Create a Triple VENN diagram that compares Paleolithic People, Neolithic People and Sumerian People.
Work in groups of 2 or 3.

13. Homework #23:
Continue working on your project!

14. Today I Learned . . .