PPT-FOUR EMPIRES OF MESOPOTAMIA

I AKKADIAN EMPIRE A King Sargon created the worlds first empire through powerful military strategies I AKKADIAN EMPIRE B sculpted steles 1 Important because it gave us a history of the . c. 8000 BC c. 3600 BC c. 3200 BC c. 2334 c. 1792 c. 539. Development of agriculture Civilizations begin first writings using Sargon of Akkad Hammurabi of Cyrus the Great. Mesopotamia. “Land between the rivers”. Between the Tigris River and Euphrates River. Fertile Crescent. Little rain. Silt from river. Mesopotamia. Flooding. Snow melt. Irrigation and drainage ditches. “The Land Between the Rivers” . 3200-500 BCE. Come to Sumer!. If you are looking for a city bound vacation come to Sumer where culture is abundant. Sumer is the dominant kingdom in the Mesopotamia! Come between the time period of 4000 - 2800 BCE before conflicts arose! Bring food, bring friends and bring family! . Hammurabi was a Mesopotamian king who recorded a system of laws called the Code of Hammurabi. . . He . ordered 282 laws engraved in stone and placed in a public location for everyone to see. . The Code of Hammurabi Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Geography of the Fertile Crescent. Section 1. What made civilization possible in Mesopotamia?. Tigris and Euphrates flooding left a fertile layer of soil for crops, which provided food for early settlements.. Euphratic. 28 Oct. 2014. The Issues. When did the Indo-European (i.e. Indo-Anatolian) . continuum. end? . Alternatively, when did Indo-European . migrations. begin? . Where was the (final) Indo-European . Water in Context: Exploring water in the Middle East region through GIS mapping and cross-disciplinary perspectives . – 28 September 2012. Jason Ur. John L. Loeb Associate Professor . of the Social Sciences. 8,000 BC. Start with a story: imagine you are a farmer living near Southwest Asia. The yearly flood which makes farming possible has not come. Now the village is fighting for it’s life…!. Do Now . i. Beginnings – reformation. August 30: Beginnings. Beginnings. Mesopotamia. Egypt. Beginnings. History of civilization: how to date?. Definition of “text”. Hunter/gatherer vs. producer/settler. Assyrian Empire. 2400-612 B.C.E.. Ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamian Civilizations survived because of the water resources known as the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamian cultures used mud bricks to build with . By Mr. Zindma. n. Unit 2. 1. Section 1: Geography and the Fertile Crescent. 2. Essential Question. : How did geography influence the development of civilization in Southwest Asia?. The Big Idea: . . Land Empires. Control of huge lands & people. Requires large military investment. Vulnerable to land & sea routes. Requires massive infrastructure investment. Superior technology used to suppress natives. An empire formed by outside conquerors who unified regions largely based on the mastery of firearms. . What were the effects of the trade and spread of gunpowder and firearms?. Growth of large empires. Take out your homework. 1. Where is Mesopotamia? . 2. What were the names of the civilizations that lived there?. 3. What things did those civilizations accomplish?. 4 Copy the following sentence:. Mr. .