1. Warm-up Questions
Who did the Chaldeans overthrow to gain control of Mesopotamia?
What were Hittite weapons made out of?

2. Ancient Mesopotamia Later Peoples Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
Friday – September 15, 2017

3. Alabama Course of Study
Analyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings.
Comparing significant features of civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates valleys.
Identifying on a map locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations.

4. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I will develop a timeline that shows the sequence of events in later Mesopotamia.

5. Warm-up Questions
Who did the Chaldeans overthrow to gain control of Mesopotamia?
Assyrians
What were Hittite weapons made out of?
Iron

6. Reading for Understanding
“I brought about the defeat of his armies, his warriors I overthrew. In the midst of that battle my hand captured Kashtiliash, the Kassite king. I trod on his royal neck with my feet like a footstool. I brought him stripped and bound before Ashur my lord. Sumer and Akkad to its farthest border I brought under my sway. On the lower sea of the rising sun I established the frontier of my land.” —Tukulti-Ninurta I, Assyrian king, as quoted in Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
Which statement best describes Tukulti-Ninurta treatment of Kashtiliash?
a. Kashtiliash was valued as the enemy of Tutankhamen.
b. Tukulti-Ninurta valued Kashtiliash as a noble enemy.
c. The Assyrian king thought little of the Kassite King.
d. Kashtiliash was humbled by Tukulti-Ninurta’s treatment of him.
e. Tukulti-Ninurta wished to humiliate the Kassite King.

7. Reading for Understanding
Which statement best describes Tukulti-Ninurta treatment of Kashtiliash?
Kashtiliash was valued as the enemy of Tutankhamen
Tukulti-Ninurta valued Kashtiliash as a noble enemy.
The Assyrian king thought little of the Kassite King.
Tukulti-Ninurta wished to humiliate the Kassite King

8. Reading Check Questions
What was Hammurabi’s most important accomplishment?
His code of laws.

9. Reading Check Questions
List in order the peoples who ruled Mesopotamia.
Babylonians, Hittites, Kassites, Assyrians, and Chaldeans.

10. Reading Check Questions
What were the main achievements of the Phoenicians?
They were expert sailors with fast ships, built outstanding harbors and a vast trade network, and developed an alphabet.

11. Later Peoples Babylonians Conquer Mesopotamia Ur replaced Akkadians
Ur fell after several invasions
Rise of Babylon
Babylon rose to power under King Hammurabi
Hammurabi was its greatest monarch.
Hammurabi’s Code
Established Babylonian Empire
Add any information covered in class that you did not get in your reading in this location across from where it should be located.
Conquered all of Mes.

12. Later Peoples Hammurabi’s Code Conquered all of Mesopotamia
Established Babylonian Empire
Most famous for his code of laws.
282 laws dealing w/ everyday life
Specific crimes got specific penalties
Social did matter
All people could read the laws
After his death, invasions would weaken and bring empire to an end.

13. Later Peoples Invasions of Mesopotamia
Civilizations battled for fertile land
Hittites and Kassites
Hittites from Asia Minor
Ironworking and use of chariots – advantage in battle
Hittites capture Babylon in 1595 B.C.
Hittite king assassinated
Kassites invade and rule for 400 years.

14. Later Peoples The Assyrians Came from northern Mesopotamia
Conquered all of the Fertile Crescent-parts of Asia Minor & Egypt
Military – Iron weapons, chariots, well organized, well trained soldiers
They were ruthless
Roads were built to link empire
City of Nineveh had great library
Messengers delivered communications

15. Later Peoples The Chaldeans 652 B.C. civil wars weakened the Assyrians
612 B.C. Chaldeans attacked and defeated Assyrians
Also known as Neo-Babylonians
Nebuchadnezzar was most famous of kings.
Neb. Built Hanging Gardens
Sumerian lang. and gods studied
Charted the stars – weather events – created calendar – complex geometry.

16. Survey Who come into power after the Kassites?
Assyrians
Who was most famous Neo-Babylonian King?
Nebuchadnezzar

17. Survey Who had the Hanging Gardens built?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who created the first known written code of laws?
Hammurabi

18. Survey What happened to Hittite king? What city had a famous library?
Assassinated
What city had a famous library?
Niniveh

19. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I will develop a timeline that shows the sequence of events in later Mesopotamia.