1. BABYLON (AMORITES) NO WALLS (different than Mesopotamia)
POSSIBLE GARDEN OF EDEN (Today it is IRAQ)

2. HAMMURABI’S CODES 1ST CODES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Discuss with your POD why this is important.

3. 3 POINTS OF LAW THE RICHER YOU ARE, THE MORE JUSTICE YOU GET
CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN AGAINST PEOPLE
EYE FOR AN EYE
Controlled Society

4. BAYLONS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS
BAYLONS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:

5. HITTITES WARRIOR CULTURE

6. CONQUORED EVERYONE BEST DISCIPLINE BEST WEAPONS FOUGHT WITH CHARIOTS
CITY WAS WELL PROTECTED

7. EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS
EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:

8. PHOENICIANS 2000BC 1ST GREAT EXPLORERS ESTABLISHED CARTHAGE
MAY HAVE CREATED THE ALPHABET –22 CHARACTERS

10. EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS
EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:

11. ASSYRIANS 1100BC PERFECTED THE ART OF TERRORISM CHARTED PLANETS
THEIR OWN FORM OF WRITING
LOVED THEIR CULTURE
FOUGHT EVERYBODY
RUTHLESS PEOPLE

12. King Ashurbanipal Library @ Nineveh
A collection of 20,000 to 30,000 cuneiform tablets containing approximately 1,200 distinct texts remains for scholars to study today.
The ancient Sumerian "Epic of Gilgamesh" and a nearly complete list of ancient Near Eastern rulers among other priceless writings were preserved in Ashurbanipal's palace library at Nineveh

13. EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS
EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:

14. CHALDEANS 612BC COVETED BABYLON GREAT KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR
ENSLAVED THE JEWS
RELIGION: FATALISM
BUILT 1 OF 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD “HANGING GARDENS” (56 miles in length, 80 feet thick and 320 feet high)

17. EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS
EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit: But more importantly, why does this keep happening to all of these great civilizations?

18. INTERNAL CONFLICT!!!!!!!!!
INFACT ALL THESE GROUPS WERE VICTIMS OF THIS CONCEPT

19. 538BC THE WHO IS……….
THE PERSIANS

21. CYRUS THE GREAT UNITED HIS PEOPLE CONQUORED EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING
LARGEST EMPIRE EVER TO THIS POINT
HOW ARE THEY BETTER THAN OTHER CIVILIZATION THUS FAR?

22. NEW WAY TO GOVERN “SATRAPS” (COUNTIES/STATES)
1)GOVERNOR 2)GENERAL 3)SECRET POLICE (REPORTS ONLY TO THE KING – BRILLIANT)
HE WAS FIRST TO HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN (HE KEPT THE MASSES HAPPY BY THINKING THEY MATTERED)

23. RELIGION ZOROASTERIANISM DUAL GOD AHURA(GOOD) & AHRIMAN (EVIL)
BATTLE FOR YOUR SOUL

24. DARIUS: NEW LEADER SON IN-LAW OF CYRUS DARIUS WANTS MORE – “GREECE”
BECAME OBSESSED – “PERSIAN WARS” –PATRICIDE.

25. XERXES: NEW LEADER SON OF DARIUS
CONTINUED FATHERS QUEST BUT ULTIMATLEY WAS DEFEATED BECAUSE OF INTERNAL CONFLICT “COMBUSTION”
PERIAN DOWNFALL