Get Out A Blank Piece Of Paper Write your name at the top List 2 or 3 reasons why you think one country might invade another country? Explain your thinking… 5 minutes to do this Turn in on the front table Pick up a notes sheet off the table Find and match vocabulary with their definitions on the notes sheet… use your reading packet to help

Fertile Crescent Unit 3 Mesopotamia: Babylonia and Assyria Section 2 Jordan Cotten 6th Grade Social Studies

Vocabulary __________ = many territories and people who are controlled by one government __________ = group of traders traveling together __________ = a market selling different kinds of goods Empire Caravan Bazaar

Biggest and most important civilizations in Mesopotamia: Empires of Babylonia Assyria

These Empires Had Three Things In Common: 1. Quest for riches 2. Vicious warriors 3. Culture and learning were highly valued

Babylonia in Mesopotamia City of Babylon center of empire Reached height in 1750 B.C. King Hammurabi created Babylonian empire by uniting city-states of Sumer Conquered lands from Asia Minor to Turkey

Babylon’s Location Crossroads of trade Numerous caravans stopped in Babylon Many items could be bought in bazaars here Cotton cloth from India Spices from Egypt Trade and conquest made Babylon rich

Wealth Through Conquest Conquering places gave great rewards 1760 B.C. King Hammurabi conquered city of Mari Chariots Weapons Tools These were the best in the world All their wealth did not save them Babylon was conquered by 1600 B.C.

Assyria in Mesopotamia North of Babylon Got their name from city of Assur Nineveh was its capital city Location made it vulnerable to invasion Constantly defending themselves led to Assyrians become skilled warriors Changed their tactic… began attacking 650 B.C. Empire stretched from Nile River to Persian Gulf

Assyrian’s Contributions Fantastic and super large library Nineveh became center of learning War geniuses: Invented battering ram Helmets and armor Slingers Expert archers Armed charioteers

Assyrian’s Harsh Rule King Sargon II heard that the Kingdoms of Urartu and Zikirtu joined together to defeat him 714 B.C. Sargon set out to “muzzle the mouths” of his enemies Easily defeated Urartu and Zikirtu and killed anyone who resisted

Assyrian Enemies Because of their methods and their harsh rule, Assyrians had many enemies Conquered peoples continually rebelled Two groups had successful rebellion Chaldeans Medes Joined together: conquered Assyrians 612 B.C.

Babylonia Rises Again Under Chaldean rule New Babylonian Empire King Nebuchadenezzar II rebuilt city Massive walls around city Huge palace; built on several terraces Center of learning and science

New Babylonian Contributions Astronomers charted paths of stars Measured length of year (only off by a few minutes) Raised bees (“the flies which collect honey”)

New Babylonia Falls Location made the New Babylonia open to invaders 539 B.C. conquered by neighbors City of Babylon was spared

Why do you think one country might decide to invade another?

Why was Mesopotamia constantly being invaded? History of this land is filled with stories of conquest Land worth taking: Brought wealth After taking the land… you become new target for other conquerors

Exit Ticket Get out a blank piece of paper Write your name at the top of your paper Answer the following questions Write the question, skip a line and answer the question Skip a line between the answer and the next question

Exit Ticket Question 1: Why did civilizations rise and fall in Mesopotamia? Question 2: How did Babylon’s location affect what happened to it? Question 3: What accomplishments are Assyria known for?

Why did civilizations rise and fall in Mesopotamia? Conflict Conquest Reorganization of Power and Wealth

How did Babylon’s location affect what happened to it? Babylon was a convenient center of trade People from many places traveled to Babylon Influence of trade and ideas from other places helped Babylon become wealthy center for learning and science Because of this… Babylon became very rich

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