1. Mesopotamia
Rulers
And People

2. Sargon (2340-2305 B.C.). Under his leadership, Akkad conquered
Akkadian leader who was the first emperor
( B.C.).
Under his leadership, Akkad conquered
Sumer and established a strong,
stable empire in Mesopotamia.
At one point, Sargon controlled territory
from
The Mediterranean Sea in the west to the
Black Sea in the
northeast.
 Related Terms
• Akkadians • Sumeria

4. “Lord of the Four Quarters of the World”
Sargon and the 1st Empire
2350 BC
Akkadian Soldier-Talented ruler
Repaired and extended irrigation system
Armies protected caravans
Proclaimed himself:
“Lord of the Four Quarters of the World”

5. For a Brief Time reunited the city-States
Ur-Nammu
2050 BC
For a Brief Time reunited the city-States

6. King Ur-Nammu rebuilt and enlarged one of the most
important temples in ancient
Mesopotamia
- the E-kur of Enlil, the chief
god of the pantheon.

7. 2050 BC
Ur Nammu Temple
2050 BC

8. Ur-Nammu was the first one to compile a known
Code of Laws
These Laws summarized the Summerians ideas of Justice.

9. It emphasized the Kings duty to protect the people and to correct any existing wrongs

10. Hammurabi

11. Why do we have laws?

12. King of Babylon
Ruled
Mesopotamia
for
43 years

14. Accomplishments: Improved irrigation Organized a well trained army.
Rebuilt and repairs Temples

15. Establishing a set of Laws
Best Known for:
Establishing a set of Laws
Known as:
Code of Hammurabi

16. (dealing with murder and theft)
These 282
Laws dealt with:
Criminal Laws
(dealing with murder and theft)
Civil Laws
Dealing with Private rights, business contracts, Property inheritance, taxes, marriage
and divorce

17. i.e. that punishment should match the crime.
His code revolved around the idea of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth"–
i.e. that punishment should match the crime.

18. Hammurabi receiving the Laws from the Sun God Shamash 1792 -1750 BC
Hammurabi
receiving the
Laws from the Sun God
Shamash BC

19. Hebrew: פְלִשְׁתִּים‎
The Philistines
Hebrew: פְלִשְׁתִּים‎

20. Nebuchadnezzar II
Was king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who reigned c. 605 BC – 562 BC. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Jews into exile. He is credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the destruction of the First Temple. He is featured in the Book of Daniel and is also mentioned in several other books of the Bible.

21. Nebuchadnezzar II
The gardens were supposedly built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for the trees and fragrant plants of her homeland Persia.[1] The gardens were destroyed by several earthquakes after the second century BC.

22. One of the 7 ancient
wonders of the world

23. There is some controversy as to whether the Hanging Gardens were an actual creation or a poetic creation due to the lack of documentation of them in the chronicles of Babylonian history.

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Question
What would it take to create a garden in the harsh land of Babylon?
Ancient World History Babylon Seven Wonders Hanging Gardens Part 1
Ancient World History Babylon Seven Wonders Hanging Gardens Part 2

25. People of the Mesopotamia
Philistines
Phoenicians
Hittites
Assyrians
Babylonians
Persians
Hebrew
Lydian's

28. Can you point out on this map
Mesopotamia?