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THE FIRST EMPIRES

THE FIRST EMPIRES. ASSYRIA AND BABYLON. The Assyrians. After the fall of Babylonia, Mesopotamia was ruled by several groups of people. Around 1600 B.C., the Kassites, from the area we now know as Iran, took control for about 400 years. Eventually the Assyrians took control.

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THE FIRST EMPIRES

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  1. THE FIRST EMPIRES ASSYRIA AND BABYLON

  2. The Assyrians • After the fall of Babylonia, • Mesopotamia was ruled by several • groups of people. • Around 1600 B.C., the Kassites, from • the area we now know as Iran, took • control for about 400 years. • Eventually the Assyrians took control. • The empire also covered areas of • present day Turkey and Egypt.

  3. The Assyrians • Important cities: Assur, Kalhu, • and Ninevah • Assyrians wanted to control trade • routes. • They conquered neighboring lands • to control trade. • They built roads to help bring their • people together.

  4. The Assyrians • They made improvements to the • city of Ninevah: • many new buildings • a palace • stone carvings

  5. BABYLON

  6. New Babylonia (612-539 BCE) • Medes and Chaldeans defeat the Assyrians in 612 BCE • Most famous Babylonian ruler was Nebuchadnezzar • The defeat of Belshazzar by the Persians in 539 BCE

  7. E. New Babylonia (cont) • The ancient city of Babylon • The Ishtar Gate • The Hanging Gardens • Babylonian astronomical achievements • Not “astrologers” • Babylonian court astronomers and their diaries

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