BABYLON (AMORITES) NO WALLS (different than Mesopotamia) POSSIBLE GARDEN OF EDEN (Today it is IRAQ)

HAMMURABI’S CODES 1ST CODES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION Discuss with your POD why this is important.

3 POINTS OF LAW THE RICHER YOU ARE, THE MORE JUSTICE YOU GET CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN AGAINST PEOPLE EYE FOR AN EYE Controlled Society

BAYLONS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS BAYLONS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:

HITTITES WARRIOR CULTURE

CONQUORED EVERYONE BEST DISCIPLINE BEST WEAPONS FOUGHT WITH CHARIOTS CITY WAS WELL PROTECTED

EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:

PHOENICIANS 2000BC 1ST GREAT EXPLORERS ESTABLISHED CARTHAGE MAY HAVE CREATED THE ALPHABET –22 CHARACTERS

EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:

ASSYRIANS 1100BC PERFECTED THE ART OF TERRORISM CHARTED PLANETS THEIR OWN FORM OF WRITING LOVED THEIR CULTURE FOUGHT EVERYBODY RUTHLESS PEOPLE

King Ashurbanipal Library @ Nineveh A collection of 20,000 to 30,000 cuneiform tablets containing approximately 1,200 distinct texts remains for scholars to study today. The ancient Sumerian "Epic of Gilgamesh" and a nearly complete list of ancient Near Eastern rulers among other priceless writings were preserved in Ashurbanipal's palace library at Nineveh

EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:

CHALDEANS 612BC COVETED BABYLON GREAT KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR ENSLAVED THE JEWS RELIGION: FATALISM BUILT 1 OF 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD “HANGING GARDENS” (56 miles in length, 80 feet thick and 320 feet high)

                                                                                    

EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit: But more importantly, why does this keep happening to all of these great civilizations?

INTERNAL CONFLICT!!!!!!!!! INFACT ALL THESE GROUPS WERE VICTIMS OF THIS CONCEPT

538BC THE WHO IS………. THE PERSIANS

                                                            

CYRUS THE GREAT UNITED HIS PEOPLE CONQUORED EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING LARGEST EMPIRE EVER TO THIS POINT HOW ARE THEY BETTER THAN OTHER CIVILIZATION THUS FAR?

NEW WAY TO GOVERN “SATRAPS” (COUNTIES/STATES) 1)GOVERNOR 2)GENERAL 3)SECRET POLICE (REPORTS ONLY TO THE KING – BRILLIANT) HE WAS FIRST TO HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN (HE KEPT THE MASSES HAPPY BY THINKING THEY MATTERED)

RELIGION ZOROASTERIANISM DUAL GOD AHURA(GOOD) & AHRIMAN (EVIL) BATTLE FOR YOUR SOUL

DARIUS: NEW LEADER SON IN-LAW OF CYRUS DARIUS WANTS MORE – “GREECE” BECAME OBSESSED – “PERSIAN WARS” –PATRICIDE.

XERXES: NEW LEADER SON OF DARIUS CONTINUED FATHERS QUEST BUT ULTIMATLEY WAS DEFEATED BECAUSE OF INTERNAL CONFLICT “COMBUSTION” PERIAN DOWNFALL