1. Ch. 6 Four Mesopotamian Empires Hanging Gardens of Babylon

2. Table of Contents AssignmentPage Preview 649 Reading Notes 650-53 Mesopotamia Map54-55 GRAPES of Mesopotamia56 Ch. 6 Vocabulary57 Processing 558 Hammurabi’s School Rules59 Timeline Challenge 160-61 Unit 2 Egypt62 63 Geography Challenge 264-65

4. Ch. 6 “Four Empires of Mesopotamia”  Not united so group after group conquered the area and made empires  No one controlled it for very long  Four empires 2300 - 539 B.C.E.

5. The Akkadian Empire (2300 B.C.E.) 6.2 The Akkadian Empire This stele represents the Akkadian achievement of… creating the world’s first empire using military skill to defeat Sumer This achievement was important because… it ended the fighting between small city-states 6.3 Life Under Akkadian Rule This stele represents the Akkadian achievement of… sculpting steles (relief sculptures on stones) This achievement was important because… it has given us a history of the Akkadian Empire Sargon Victory Stele

6. The Babylonian Empire (1750 B.C.E.) 6.4 Hammurabi and the Babylonian Empire This stele represents the Babylonian achievement of… developing a code of laws Hammurabi’s Code of Laws This achievement was important because… it was the first code of laws to apply to everyone Unified empire, preserved order 6.5 Life in the Babylonian Empire This stele represents the Babylonian achievement of… developing Babylon as a trading center allowing women to own property and keep money allowing slaves to buy freedom This achievement was important because… it enriched people’s lives and brought new ideas to Babylon

7. Ch.6 Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia

8. The Assyrian Empire (650 B.C.E.) 6.6 The Assyrian Empire This stele represents the Assyrian achievement of… new weapons (battering rams & moveable towers) war strategies This achievement was important because… other conquerors copied their weapons and strategies built powerful empires

9. The Assyrian Empire (650 B.C.E.) 6.7 Life Under the Assyrians This stele represents the Assyrian achievement of… bas-reliefs (sculpture portrayed as a picture) aqueducts This achievement was important because… realism was introduced into sculpture water was needed in the cities

10. The Neo-Babylonian Empire (600 B.C.E.) 6.8 The Neo-Babylonian Empire This stele represents the Neo-Babylonian achievement of… building protective walls and a moat around Babylon This achievement was important because… it kept Babylonians safe

11. The Neo-Babylonian Empire (600 B.C.E.) 6.9 Life in the Neo-Babylonian Empire This stele represents the Neo-Babylonian achievement of… building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon first sundial This achievement was important because… the gardens were an engineering masterpiece able to tell time using the sun

12. Hammurabi’s Code of Laws

13. (Main Topic) Category 1Category 2 Category 3 details Tree Map: Used to classify or categorize

14. Chaparral Students 6 th Grade7 th Grade8 th Grade Ancient History 11 years old Arrowhead Medieval History 12 years old Catalina U.S. History 13 years old Yosemite

15. GRAPES Geography Religion Achievements Politics Economics SocialStructures

16. GRAPES Use key terms Write 1 or 2 sentences (bullet points okay) Draw picture Present to class

17. GRAPES of Mesopotamia (ISN ___) Geography Religion Achievements Politics Economics SocialStructures

18. Geography Mesopotamia – “land between the rivers” Tigris & Euphrates Rivers Located in the fertile crescent Modern-day Iraq

19. Religion Believed in many gods = polytheism Believed gods lived in ziggurats Kings and priests went to ziggurats to pray and ask for the gods’ blessings Believed that the kings were chosen by the gods****

20. Achievements Sumerian Inventions: Wheel!!! Plow used to till soil, prepare for planting Cuneiform – first system of writing

21. Politics City state was like a country because it had its own farmland and government Hammurabi’s Code of Laws was the first set of laws ever created Four Mesopotamian Empires: Akkadian - Sargon Babylonian - Hammurabi Assyrian – war strategies Neo-Babylonian – Hanging Gardens of Babylon

22. Economics Farming created a stable food supply Irrigation techniques improved farming Surplus of food led to specialized skills (blacksmith, traders, house builder, farmer, weavers, scribes, etc.)

23. Social Structure Upper class (power & money) – lived in the middle of the city, attended banquets – king, priests, gov’t officials Common class – farmer, fishermen, blacksmiths, merchants slaves

24. Epic Gilgamesh oldest written story on Earth. Sumer 12 clay tablets in cuneiform adventures of the historical King of Uruk between 2750 and 2500 BCE