First Thing: How did Sargon justify his kingship First Thing: How did Sargon justify his kingship? Write it on the back of your story!

Usurper Stories How did Sargon justify his story? What biblical story does this remind you of? Why might that be? Let’s hear your stories! How do you all justify being king?

Sargon Establishes an empire Empire= Rules 2234-2279 BCE Akkad = capital Ziggurat to Ishtar and Zababa Daughter becomes high priestess of Ur

These ancient people are so crazy. Akkad II These ancient people are so crazy.

Rimush and Manishtushu Keep fighting Rimush dies after only eight years!

Naram-sin Calls himself a god (others are gods, but not until they die)

Crazy Time. Four kings in three years Disappears by 2100 BC Not another empire for 400 years

QUIZ TOMORROW ON SUMER AND AKKAD

What have we talked about?

(Terrible pun that you’ll understand by the time we’re done) #30 -- Notes Babylon Babylon rules. (Terrible pun that you’ll understand by the time we’re done)

Amorites 400 years after the fall of Akkad, a new group of people enter Mesopotamia Found many city-states, including Babylon King = Hammurabi  builds an empire

Major Achievements Mathematics Calendar Transportation Gilgamesh Multiplication Division Square roots Base-60 Calendar Transportation Boats Carts Gilgamesh

No rules. The normal rules of the classroom do not apply. There are only two rules: Nobody and nothing can sustain physical or emotional injury. When I turn off the lights, everybody will IMMEDIATELY become silent and will return to their seat and behave even better than normal.

Debrief What happened when there was no rules? Why? Why do we need rules? Do rules need to have punishments? What are the five most important rules?

Small Groups for Today Only! Jeremy Gavin Dani Emma Jed Seth Maddie Ethan Katie Lincoln Jake Korrie Katelyn Ken Isiah Kaleigh Oriana Dustin A B C D E F

First Thing Get organized (3 min) Show me your updated ToC. Read over your paragraphs, then turn them in. Take the papers out of your folder and put them in your binder or folder in on organized way. You should have everything from 0-33. Make sure your Table of Contents is updated. Ken, Lincoln, Dani, Emma, Ethan, Katelyn, Katie, and Seth: you still need a notebook check. Show me your updated ToC. Take out your copy of Hammurabi’s code and circle the most fair law and box the most unfair law.

Hammurabi’s Code: Fair and Unfair Discuss with your group your choice for “Most Fair” and “Most Unfair.” Why did you pick the ones that you did? Your group must come to consensus (total agreement) about which two laws are the most fair and most unfair. Send one person up to write these on the board. While you wait: Did you think that Hammurabi’s Code was more fair or unfair overall? Why?

Hammurabi’s Code: Wrapping Up How would you describe Hammurabi’s approach to rules and punishment? Discuss these as a group and add these to #30. Regardless of whether this is fair or unfair, Hammurabi’s code was one of the first written set of laws in the world, if not the first. Why does writing down laws make them more fair?

The end of Babylon  Life after death is gloomy, terrible existence 1595 BCE: The Hittites conquer 1600-1200=a dark age

Assyria (#34) If at first you don’t succeed, try try again!

More Geography!

Attempts and Success Tried since 1350 BCE to make an empire Expand in the 12th century BCE 8th century BCE  SUCCESS! An empire 671 BCE: Domination  control the entire Fertile Crescent and Egypt

Why are the Assyrians so powerful?

Why are the Assyrians so powerful? 1000 years of war Advanced weapons – chariots, cavalry, and siege weapons Terrorism Burn crops and trees Smashed dams Loot cities Burn men and women alive

Why are the Assyrians so powerful? Forced people to move somewhere else in the Empire Divide land into province with a governor Controls military, courts, and money Collect taxes Raise armies What’s the problem with empires?

The End. Again. Too many wars Need mercenaries Conquered people eventually revolt

Exit Ticket On a scrap of paper, please answer this question: How were the Assyrians able to overcome the problems of keeping an empire?

Chaldeans and the New Babylonian Empire (#35) More great names! These are not Hammurabi’s people.

New Babylon 604 BCE: Nebuchadnezzar makes Babylon a world power (again) THIS IS NEW BABYLON -- a completely different place than Hammurabi’s Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys temple at Jerusalem Stands up to Egypt THIS IS NEW BABYLON -- a completely different place than Hammurabi’s Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar Construction city – why? THIS IS NEW BABYLON -- a completely different place than Hammurabi’s Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar: Hanging Gardens THIS IS NEW BABYLON -- a completely different place than Hammurabi’s Babylon.

The End  again. Nebuchadnezzar dies in 562 BCE Priests vs. king Priests open gates to Persian invaders in 539 BCE End of Mesopotamia- based empires for a while

Quiz Prep Time “Stump Your Classmates” A “Who…” question A “What” question A “Where” question A “When” question Two “Why” questions Two “How” questions One double-hard question One softball question