1. Warm-up Questions
What group of people built up a great army to protect themselves from invasion?
What group of people eventually overthrew the Assyrians?

2. Mesopotamia Invasions of Mesopotamia Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
Wednesday – September 12, 2018

3. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I will develop a timeline that shows the sequence of events in later Mesopotamia.

4. Warm-up Questions
What group of people built up a great army to protect themselves from invasion?
Assyrians
What group of people eventually overthrew the Assyrians?
Chaldeans

5. Later Peoples Babylonians Conquer Mesopotamia Ur replaced Akkadians
Ur fell after several invasions
Rise of Babylon
Babylon rose to power under King Hammurabi
Hammurabi was its greatest monarch.
Add any information covered in class that you did not get in your reading in this location across from where it should be located.

6. Later Peoples Hammurabi’s Code Conquered all of Mesopotamia
Established Babylonian Empire
Most famous for his code of laws.
282 laws dealing w/ everyday life
Specific crimes got specific penalties
Social did matter
All people could read the laws
After his death, invasions would weaken and bring empire to an end.

7. Timeline Sample 1595 B.C. c.1590 B.C. c. 1200 B.C.
Hittites Capture Babylon
Ironworkers (better weapons)
Chariots (more maneuverability)
Hittite king assassinated.
c B.C.
Assyrians .
c.1590 B.C.
Kassites Capture Babylon
Rule Babylon for 400 years

8. Later Peoples Invasions of Mesopotamia
Civilizations battled for fertile land
Hittites and Kassites
Hittites from Asia Minor
Ironworking and use of chariots – advantage in battle
Hittites capture Babylon in 1595 B.C.
Hittite king assassinated
Kassites invade and rule for 400 years.

9. Later Peoples The Assyrians Came from northern Mesopotamia
Conquered all of the Fertile Crescent-parts of Asia Minor & Egypt
Military – Iron weapons, chariots, well organized, well trained soldiers
They were ruthless
Roads were built to link empire
City of Nineveh had great library
Messengers delivered communications

11. Later Peoples The Chaldeans 652 B.C. civil wars weakened the Assyrians
612 B.C. Chaldeans attacked and defeated Assyrians
Also known as Neo-Babylonians
Nebuchadnezzar was most famous of kings.
Neb. Built Hanging Gardens
Sumerian lang. and gods studied
Charted the stars – weather events – created calendar – complex geometry.

12. Map of Mesopotamia

13. Survey Who come into power after the Kassites?
Assyrians
Who was most famous Neo-Babylonian King?
Nebuchadnezzar

14. Survey Who had the Hanging Gardens built?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who created the first known written code of laws?
Hammurabi

15. Survey What happened to Hittite king? What city had a famous library?
Assassinated
What city had a famous library?
Niniveh

16. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I can develop a timeline that shows the sequence of events in later Mesopotamia.