1. 8-26-2005 It’s Friday! Take out your notes over Ancient Egypt! Study for our oral review game!

2. Empires of Ancient Mesopotamia

3. Overview of Empires 1. The Akkadians 2. The Babylonians 3. The Hittites 4. The Assyrians 5. The Persians

4. 2300 B.C.  Sargon, ruler of Akkad, invaded Sumer 1790 B.C.  Hammurabi, king of Babylon, invaded Mesopotamia. (H’s Code: “Eye for an eye”) 1400 B.C.  Hittites invaded Mesopotamia

5. 1100 B.C.  Assyrians expanded across Mesopotamia (Most feared warriors) 612 B.C.  Nebuchadnezzar revived Babylon (Persian Gulf to Mediterranean Sea) 539 B.C.  Babylon fell to the Persian armies of Cyrus the Great

6. Persian Empire stretched from Asia Minor to India. Darius (522-486 B.C.) –Provinces, laws, roads, common weights and measures Zoroaster (600 B.C.) –One god, Ahura Mazda Phoenicians  sea traders along the Mediterranean Sea

7. Instructions for Mapwork Ancient Egypt  Use the map on page 26 1.Locate and label: a)Asia Minor g) Libyan Desert b)Lower Egypt h) Arabian Desert c)Upper Egypt d)Nile River e)Mediterranean Sea f)Red Sea

8. 2.Shade the Egyptian Empire using any color 3.Shade the Hittite Empire using a different color 4.Create a key showing which colors represent which empire

9. Ancient Middle East  use map on page 35 1.Locate and Label: a)Mediterranean Sea b)Red Seah) Tigris River c)Black Seai) Euphrates River d)Caspian Sea e)Persian Gulf f)Caucasus Mountains g)Zagros Mountains

10. 2.Shade the Fertile Crescent using any color 3.Shade Sumer a different color 4.Shade Akkad using a third color 5.Outline the Babylonian Empire using a fourth color 6.Draw diagonal black lines to represent the Persian Empire (pg 40) 7.Outline the Assyrian Empire using a fifth color (pg 40) 8.Create a key showing what all colors or symbols represent!