1. The great empires of Mesopotamia

2. What were the most important achievements of the four Mesopotamian empires?

3. The long reign of Sargon began around 2300 BCE…..
✺ Sargon built the first capital city and named it Agade
✺ Sargon assembled a very large army and used military strategies to conquer neighboring cities
✺ Sargon was the first ruler to decree that his sons would rule after him

4. Hammurabi and his code of laws….
✺ Hammurabi was responsible for writing the first set of laws that everyone needed to follow
✺ Hammurabi’s code covered many situations including trade, marriage, divorce, payment for work and punishment for crimes
✺ Hammurabi made god the Marduk supreme as well as creating roads and postal service.

5. The babylonian empire did not last long, soon the assyrians took over and brought with them a new age

6. The Babylonian empire did not last long, soon the Assyrians took over and brought with them a new age….
✺ One of the Assyrians greatest achievements was their incredibly complex war strategies and their weapons
✺ They were also famous for their invention of the battering ram
✺ When the Assyrian Empire was in it’s prime it stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf

7. Soon the Babylonians returned and created the neo-Babylonian empire..
✺Nebuchadrezzar was the new ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and he drove the egyptians out of Syria as well as conquering part of Canaan
✺ Nebuchadrezzar rebuilt the capital cities’ Ziggurat as well as creating the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
✺ The Neo-Babylonians created the first sundial