1. Babylon Background

2. Where is it? Pg. 52 in Atlas 43 degrees east, 33 degrees north

3. Mesopotamia

4. Modern day Iraq

5. Why would people settle there?

6. Advantages Fertile land Transportation (Tigris and Euphrates) Protection of a King –King Hammurabi (1792-1750 b.c.) –First for written law, harsh but very effective Ex: “If any one brings an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offence charged, be put to death.”

7. Results Diversity Wealth High level of civilization –(religion, astronomy, mathematics, art, medicine, chemistry, botany, nature, etc.)

9. Famous Stories Hanging Gardens of Babylon

10. Tower of Babel Multiple gods

11. Anu: the god of the highest heaven Marduk: national god of the Babylonians Tiamat: dragon goddess Kingu: husband of Tiamat Enlil: god of weather and storms Nabu: god of the scribal arts Ishtar: goddess of love Ea: god of wisdom Enurta: god of war Anshar: father of heaven Shamash: god of the sun and of justice Ashur: national god of the Assyrians Kishar: father of earth