1. Mesopotamian Civilizations AkkadiansAkkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Neo-BabyloniansBabyloniansAssyriansNeo-Babylonians Cool web links! AkkadiansAkkadians, Babylonians,Babylonians AssyriansAssyrians, Neo-BabyloniansNeo-Babylonians

2. Akkadians 2300 BCE Sargon of Akkad Combat strategies –Front line: shields –Spears through shield wall Destroyed city walls Three-dimensional sculpture –Victory Stele

3. Babylonians Hammurabi’s accomplishments –Roads –Postal service –Irrigation systems maintained –Marduk main god –Code of Laws Applied to all Different consequences if high status

4. Assyrians Aqueducts Bas-relief Military infamous –Advantages: “horses and iron weapons” (Frey, 56) –Conquest through sieges –Defeated people moved away from homes –Forced conquered to wear leaders’ severed heads

5. Neo-Babylonians Nebuchadrezzar’s achievements –City safety Walls Chariots drive on wall top Moats –Conquered Hebrews –Hanging Gardens of Babylon Real? For homesick princess

6. Sources Carr, Dr. Karen. “Akkadians.” http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/akkadians.htm (19 Sept. 2009).http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/akkadians.htm Carr, Dr. Karen. “Assyrians.” http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htm (19 Sept. 2009).http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htm Carr, Dr. Karen. “Hammurabi of Babylon.” http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/hammurabi.htm (19 Sept. 2009).http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/hammurabi.htm Carr, Dr. Karen. “Neo-Babylonians.” http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/babylonians.htm (19 Sept. 2009).http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/babylonians.htm Frey, Wendy. History Alive! The Ancient World. Palo Alto: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, 2004. p. 51-59.