1. MIDDLE EAST CIVILIZATIONS

2. CUNEIFORM SUMERIANS FOUND IN THE REGION OF MESOPOTAMIA
RULED FROM b.c.
BEGAN CULTIVATED AGRICULTURE
WRITING —WEDGE SHAPES ON CLAY
CUNEIFORM

3. BABYLON CODE OF HAMMURABI LOCATED IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT
FROM 1900 B.C. TO 500 B.C.
SERIES OF EMPIRES
FAMOUS RULER--HAMMURABI
CODE OF HAMMURABI

4. CODE OF HAMMURABI the code was not applied equally
BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF AN EYE FOR AN EYE
if a man has stolen a child, he shall be put to death
If a man has committed highway robbery and has been caught, that man shall be put to death
if a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off
if a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician, his eye shall be knocked out
if he has broken the limb of a patrician, his limb shall be broken

5. if a man has knocked out the eye of a plebeian or has broken the limb of a plebeian, he shall pay one mina of silver (about $100)
if he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant, or broken the limb of a patrician’s servant, he shall pay half his value
if a patrician has knocked out the tooth of a man that is his equal, his tooth shall be knocked out
if he has knocked out the tooth of a plebeian, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver (about $33)
Why were their laws so strict on punishment
this code covered all aspects of society, from crime, to farming, to regulation of prices and wages

6. CHALDEANS 7TH CENTURY B.C. KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR STUDIED ASTRONOMY
7-DAY WEEK CALENDER
PREDICTED ECLIPSES
7 WONDERS OF ANCIENT WORLD
HANGING GARDENS

7. PHOENICIANS 16TH CENTURY B.C. TO 6TH CENTURY B.C.
WESTERN BORDER OF FERTILE CRESCENT
SEAFARERS
MAY HAVE SAILED TO THE AMERICAS
CREATED AN ALPHABET BASED ON SOUNDS
OUR LANGUAGE IS BASED ON THIS

8. EGYPTIANS ESTABLISHED AROUND NILE RIVER
FIRST SETTLERS AROUND 5000 B.C.
RULED BY PHARAOHS
CONSIDERED GODS
MARRIED WITHIN FAMILY
BUILD PYRAMIDS TO HOUSE BODY OF PHARAOH
MUMMIFIED BODY—WHY?
HOUSE SPIRIT OF PHARAOH
ROMANS OVERTHREW THEM AROUND 300 B.C.

9. ROMANS EXPIRE STRETCHED FROM THE BRITISH ISLES TO AFRICA AND ASIA
ARRIVED IN REGION DURING 4TH CENTURY B.C.

10. MASADA—74 A.D. SCATTERING OF THE JEWS
THE DIASPORA
MASADA—74 A.D.
SCATTERING OF THE JEWS

11. MUSLEMS CONSTANTINOPLE
EXPANDED QUICKLY BECAUSE QURAN FORBID KILLING OF OTHER MUSLEMS
TURKS ARRIVE IN ANATOLIA IN 11TH CENTURY
SELJUK TURKS BEGAN THE CRUSADES IN 11TH CENTURY A.D.
OTTOMAN TURKS RULED UNTIL WORLD WAR I
AFTER WORLD WAR I FRANCE, BRITAIN, AND ITALY CONTROLLED THE REGION

12. BIRTH OF RELIGION 3 GREAT RELIGIONS HAD THEIR BIRTH IN THE MIDDLE EAST
JUDAISM
FOUNDER—ABRAHAM
PROPHET—MOSES
LED ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPT
RECEIVED 10 COMMANDENTS ON MT. SINAI
TURNED AGAINST JESUS –WHY?
CHRISTIANITY
FOUNDER—JESUS CHRIST
CRUCIFIED BY THE ROMANS
GREAT MISSIONARY—SAUL
ISLAM
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