1. Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent

2. Akkadians (Sargon) Akkadians lived north of Sumer, are not Sumerians
Sargon –Akkadian king who conquers all Sumerian city-states
First ruler of permanent army

3. Sargon
-Established the world’s first empire Empire- land with different territories and peoples under a single rule (2300s BC)

4. Rise of Babylon Babylon – city on Euphrates River (near Baghdad, Iraq)
In 1792 BC, Babylon got a new king by the name of Hammurabi
Hammurabi =
military leader,
Babylonian king

5. Hammurabi
Hammurabi overtook all of Mesopotamia to establish the Babylonian Empire

6. Code of Laws Hammurabi was most famous for his code of laws
Hammurabi’s Code- a set
of 282 laws that dealt with
every part of daily life
(Laws on everything from trade,
loans, theft, marriage, injury &
murder)

7. Hammurabi In Hammurabi’s Code, social class mattered
(Example: There was a more severe penalty for injuring a rich man than a poor man)
Code was important because it was written down for all to see

8. Assyrians Iron weapons & chariots
Fierce in battle, burnt crops, looted villages before attacking

9. Chaldeans
-Nebuchadnezzar (the king) rebuilt Babylon and the supposed Hanging Gardens of Babylon (~600BC)
-One of the 7 wonders of the ancient world

10. The Phoenicians
Phoenicians-Wealthy trading society on edge of Mediterranean Sea
Expert sailors & craftspeople
Created a purple dye which became very popular with rich people

12. What was the Phoenicians most important achievement?
Alphabet- a set of letters that can be combined to form words