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Beginnings of Civilization: Mesopotamia

Beginnings of Civilization: Mesopotamia. Civilization. What makes up a civilization? Do we have a civilization? . Mesopotamia. “The Land between Two Rivers” Irrigation began around 6000 BCE First cities emerged by 4000 BCE. Sumerians First political units in Mesopotamia Semitic People

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Beginnings of Civilization: Mesopotamia

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  1. Beginnings of Civilization: Mesopotamia

  2. Civilization • What makes up a civilization? • Do we have a civilization?

  3. Mesopotamia • “The Land between Two Rivers” • Irrigation began around 6000 BCE • First cities emerged by 4000 BCE

  4. Sumerians First political units in Mesopotamia Semitic People Built first cities in Mesopotamia Mesopotamia

  5. Mesopotamia • Beginnings of Empires • Interaction among Mesopotamian city-states • Sargon of Akkad (2370-2315 BCE)

  6. Sargon of Akkad

  7. Mesopotamia • Babylonian Empire • Founded by Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE) • Code of Hammurabi

  8. Code of Hammurabi

  9. Mesopotamia • Assyrian Empire (1300-612 BCE)

  10. Mesopotamia • New Babylonian or “Chaldean Empire”

  11. Mesopotamia

  12. Mesopotamia • Accomplishments

  13. Mesopotamia

  14. Mesopotamia • Writing • Earliest writing 3100 BCE • Purposes • Epic of Gilgamesh

  15. Mesopotamia • Culture • Patriarchal society • Stratified

  16. Mesopotamia • Hebrews • Moses • Kingdom of Israel • Judaism

  17. Ancient Israel

  18. Mesopotamia • Phoenicians • Semitic People • Trade • Alphabet

  19. Origins of the Alphabet

  20. Mesopotamia

  21. Mesopotamia • Arrival of the Indo-Europeans • Origins • Migrations • Impact on language

  22. Indo-European Migrations

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