1. Quaestio: What do the various strong rulers of the Ancient Near East have in common? Nunc Agenda: Look at the seven class rules on the poster on the wall. As a group, decide what should be the appropriate punishment for breaking each rule.

3. QUIZ TOMORROW! STUDY ALL THE REGIONS AND BODIES OF WATER IN THE MIDDLE EAST!

4. Four Regions for Today… Mesopotamia (modern Iraq/Syria) Iranian Plateau (modern Iran) Anatolia (modern Turkey) Levant (modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine)

5. Meet the New Neighbors! Mesopotamia had no natural barriers to invasion (mountains, seas, deserts) Many different groups conquered the region in different times –Sumerians –Akkadians –Babylonians –Assyrians –Persians –Greeks

6. Akkadians 2300 BCE- Sargon, ruler of Akkad, conquered Sumerian city-states Created first ever EMPIRE! (didn’t last long)

7. Sargon, King of Akkad, through the royal gift of Ishtar was exalted, and he possessed no foe nor rival. His glory over the world he poured out. The Sea in the East he crossed, and in the eleventh year the Country of the West in its full extent his hand subdued. He united them under one control; he set up his images in the West; their booty he brought over at his word. Over the hosts of he world he reigned supreme.

8. Against Kassala he marched, and he turned Kassala into mounds and heaps of ruins; he destroyed the land and left not enough for a bird to rest thereon. Afterward in his old age all the lands revolted against him, and they besieged him in Akkad; and Sargon went forth to battle and defeated them; he accomplished their overthrow, and heir widespreading host he destroyed. Afterward he attacked the land of Subartu in his might, and they submitted to his arms, and Sargon settled that revolt, and defeated them;

9. he accomplished their overthrow, and their widespreading host he destroyed, and he brought their possessions into Akkad. The soil from the trenches of Babylon he removed, and the boundaries of Akkad he made like those of Babylon. But because of the evil which he had committed, the great lord Marduk was angry, and he destroyed his people by famine. From the rising of he sun unto the setting of the sun they opposed him and gave him no rest.

10. Babylonians 1790 BCE- Hammurabi, King of Babylon, conquers Mesopotamia Created law code: “Code of Hammurabi” Artisans carved huge stone pillars that were placed everywhere Civil & Criminal Law Made Marduk main god

13. Hittites From Asia Minor (aka Anatolia) 1400 BCE spread to Mesopotamia Built super awesome chariots Spread the secret of making iron tools and weapons

16. Assyrians From northern Mesopotamia Used iron weapons Loved to conquer to please their god, Assur Capital was Ninevah King Ashurbanipal built one of the first libraries

18. End of the Story… for now… Mespotamians kicked out the hated Assyrians in 612 BCE Babylon came back in power under the brutal King Nebuchadnezzar, who expanded the empire and built the hanging gardens Eventually, Mesopotamia was conquered by the Persians (we’ll get to them another day…)

22. Homework: 1. Study for the Middle East Region Quiz tomorrow! 2. Go to mrcaseyhistory.com, watch the video “ Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History ” and answer the following questions