1. The Ancient
Middle East

2. Mesopotamia:
"Land Between
the Two Rivers"

3. Indo-European Migrations: 4m-2m BCE
The Middle East: “The Crossroads of Three Continents”

4. The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area
The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”

5. Sumerians

6. Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic
Enki
Innana

7. Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing

8. Cuneiform Writing

9. Deciphering Cuneiform

10. Sumerian Scribes

11. Gilgamesh
Flood story

12. Ziggurat at Ur Temple “Mountain of the Gods” And the ARCH!
Also invented the wheel!

13. Board Game From Ur

14. Sophisticated Metallurgy Skills at Ur

15. CHART TIME! Akkadians Babylonians Hittites Assyrians Chaldeans
Persians
Phoenicians
Lydians
Hebrews

16. Sargon of Akkad: The World’s First Empire [Akkadians]

17. The Babylonian Empires

18. Hammurabi’s [r. 1792-1750 B. C. E.] Code

19. Hammurabi, the Judge

20. Babylonian Math

21. Babylonian Numbers