Mesopotamian Civilizations
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Mesopotamian Civilizations
Land Between the Two Rivers:Tigris and Euphrates
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Sumerians
Jordan River
Located in Southern Mesopotamia-Ur, one of the earliest cities, 30,000 people
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Cuneiform
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Cuneiform wedge-shaped writing
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Sumerian Wheel
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Sumerian Lyre (liar) from the royal tombs of Ur
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Game board from the royal tombs at Ur
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Gilgamesh epic hero
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Ziggurat at Ur
• Ziggurat means – “House of the Mountain” and “Bond between Heaven and Earth”
• Built for the priests & priestesses who served their gods & goddesses
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Ziggurat examples
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Amorites settle in Babylon
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Babylonian relief sculpture
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Statue of Hammurabi
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Hammurabi’s Code:The Stele
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Phoenician ship
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Murex – snails used to produce a purple dye
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Walls of Nineveh
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Assurbanipal the mightiest of the Assyrian Kings
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Flood tablet found in Assurbanipal’s library
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Winged Assyrian Bull
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Assyrian god Assur
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Assyrian chariots
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
2nd of the 7 wonders of the world.Destroyed by earthquakes
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Ruins of Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon
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Parts of Babylon had been rebuilt by Saddam Hussein
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Rebuilt by Saddam Hussein
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Mosul on the Tigris River
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Iraq
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Ishtar Gate of Babylon
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Ishtar Gate at Babylon
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Lion in Nebuchadnezzar's throne room
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Nebuchadnezzar
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First Historical Horoscope
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Cyrus the Great
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Cambyses – son of Cyrus who conquers Egypt
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Darius - Successor of Cambyses, a member of the Ten Thousand Immortals (the King’s body guard)
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Capital of a Column in Darius’ audience chamber
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Persepolis - Persian capital built by Darius
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Arial view of Persepolis