The Ancient Middle East 8
1. Mesopotamia: "Land Between the Two Rivers"
Indo-European Migrations: 4m-2m BCE The Middle East: “The Crossroads of Three Continents”
The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”
Sumerians
Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic Enki Innana Anthropomorphic Gods
Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing
Deciphering Cuneiform
Sumerian Scribes “Tablet House”
Ziggurat at Ur Temple “Mountain of the Gods”
Sophisticated Metallurgy Skills at Ur
Sargon of Akkad: The World’s First Empire [Akkadians]
The Babylonian Empires
Hammurabi’s [r. 1792-1750 B. C. E.] Code
Hammurabi, the Judge
Babylonian Math
Babylonian Numbers
Checking for Understanding Mesopotamia is one of the few civilizations that started from “scratch” True False
Checking for Understanding The civilization in Mesopotamia progressed primarily from the accomplishments of the Akkadians Sumerians Hammurabi Greeks
The Ancient Middle East
A View of Egypt by Satellite
The Fertile Nile Valley
The Annual Flooding of the Nile
Nile Irrigation-the Shaduf
Ancient Egyptian Housing Middle Class Homes Peasant Homes
Scenes of Ancient Egyptian Daily Life
Making Ancient Egyptian Beer
Making Ancient Egyptian Wine
An Egyptian Woman’s “Must-Haves” Mirror Perfume Wigs
Egyptian Social Hierarchy
Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs Tutankhamon 1336-1327 B. C. E. Thutmose III 1504-1450 B. C. E. Ramses II 1279-1212 B. C. E.
Egyptian Nobility
Egyptian Priestly Class
Egyptian Scribe
Papyrus Paper Hieratic Scroll Piece Papyrus Plant
Egyptian Math & Draftsmenship 1 10 100 1000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 What number is this?
Hieroglyphics “Alphabet” 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols
Giza Pyramid Complex
Checking for Understanding 1) The Neolithic Revolution is the term given to the development of agricultural societies True False
Checking For Understanding Which of the following is used to classify a “civilization”? Formal states Writing Cities Monuments Trade Political entities All of the above