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Ancient Egypt

In your W.N. …. Ancient Egypt. Compare the map of (p. 22) with the map of the (p. 28). What geographic similarities do the two civilizations share?. Fertile Crescent. Ancient Egypt. Fertile Crescent. Nile. Rivers. Tigris & Euphrates.

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. In your W.N.… Ancient Egypt Compare the map of (p. 22) with the map of the (p. 28). What geographic similarities do the two civilizations share? Fertile Crescent

  2. Ancient Egypt Fertile Crescent Nile Rivers Tigris & Euphrates Bordered with Seas Red Sea & Mediterranean Persian Gulf & Mediterranean Bordered with Deserts Syrian Desert Arabian, Sahara, Libyan

  3. Ancient Egypt Fertile Crescent Nile Rivers Tigris & Euphrates Bordered with Seas Red Sea & Mediterranean Persian Gulf & Mediterranean Bordered with Deserts Syrian Desert Arabian, Sahara, Libyan How do you think the geography impacted the development of civilizations in the Fertile Crescent? • Rivers – Good Farming • Natural Protection – Advancements • Bordering Deserts – Jealous Neighbors… frequent Invasion

  4. Sumerian Achievements Based on what you know about early civilizations & geography, what kinds of achievements they would have made?

  5. Sumerian Achievements • Farming • Used Metal • Building • arch – able to build domes • ziggurats – temple, built in layers • Writing

  6. Sumerian writing made on clay tablets with wedge-shaped “stylus” Cuneiform

  7. Analyzing the Empires of the Fertile Crescent Make a Chart listing the Pros and Cons of each Empire. Under the “Pro” column, list the strengths that helped continue the empire. Under the “Con”, list the weaknesses that led to the Empire’s defeat.

  8. Powerful King - Sargon Invaders Hammurabi Power of Priests Strong Warriors, good laws Too far from home Cavalry Civil War Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes Weak Successors

  9. Hold on to your outlines, In the mean time, fill in this chart in your W.N. Achievementsof the Empires of the Fertile Crescent achievements Let’s Play… Akkadians Babylonians Hittites Assyrians Chaldeans Persians Scattegorizzle

  10. Achievementsof the Empires of the Fertile Crescent achievements Akkadian Spoke Semitic Language (similar to modern Hebrew/Arabic) Defeated Sumerians Empire E m p i r e e x t e n d e d t o t h e M e d i t e r r a n e a n

  11. Achievementsof the Empires of the Fertile Crescent achievements Established great city of Babylon Babylonian Empire Code of Hammurabi

  12. Code of Hammurabi  If fire break out in a house, and some one who comes to put it out cast his eye upon the property of the owner of the house, and take the property of the master of the house, he shall be thrown into that self-same fire. • Hammurabi (also known as “Amraphel” in the Bible: Genesis 14) • 4000 lines of text, 282 laws • Harsh laws; “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” “If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.” If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.

  13. Achievementsof the Empires of the Fertile Crescent achievements Simplified, Improved Babylonian Law (less brutal)… relied on “fines” The Hittites First to use Iron Weapons

  14. Achievementsof the Empires of the Fertile Crescent achievements First to use Cavalry Assyrian Brutal War Methods - Destroyed Babylon Empire Established Great City of Ninevah

  15. Achievementsof the Empires of the Fertile Crescent achievements Skilled Astronomers Chaldean Empire Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt Babylon… canals, bridges, Hanging Gardens

  16. Achievementsof the Empires of the Fertile Crescent achievements Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes Persian • Expanded Kingdom • Administered Taxes • Governed Fairly (let conquered people keep their culture) • Charter of Nations Empire

  17. Persian Empire Charter of the Rights of NationsInscribed on a clay cylinder in cuneiformdiscovered in 1879 now in The British Museum, London. ... I am Cyrus. King of the world. When I entered Babylon... I did not allow anyone to terrorise the land... I kept in view the needs of people and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being... I put an end to their misfortune. The Great God has delivered all the lands into my hand; the lands that I have made to dwell in a peaceful habitation...

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