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4,000 Years in 55 Minutes: The Middle East before 610CE

4,000 Years in 55 Minutes: The Middle East before 610CE. HIST 1007 8/30/13. Reading Primary Sources. How do you read a text? What information do you need to know before you can analyze a text? What does a text actually tell you?. Primary Sources. “On Levantine Immigrants in Rome”

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4,000 Years in 55 Minutes: The Middle East before 610CE

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  1. 4,000 Years in 55 Minutes:The Middle East before 610CE HIST 1007 8/30/13

  2. Reading Primary Sources • How do you read a text? • What information do you need to know before you can analyze a text? • What does a text actually tell you?

  3. Primary Sources • “On Levantine Immigrants in Rome” • “Saying Attributed to the Prophet” • “A Persian View of the World,” “An Iraqi View,” and “View from Jerusalem” • “Another Arab View” and “Another Persian View” • “On Subjugation” and “A Consumer’s Guide to Servants” • “Literary Stereotypes”to the bottom of page 11 • “Literary Stereotypes” from the bottom of page 11 • “Some Religious Prejudices” • “And Some Political Judgments” to the bottom of page 14 • “And Some Political Judgments” page 15 • “Five British Views of the Arabs” page 16 • “Five British Views of the Arabs” page 17 • “Five British Views” page 18 and “And Some American Prejudices” page 18 • “And Some American Prejudices” page 19-20

  4. The Longue Durée

  5. River Valley Civilizations

  6. Tigris Farmland (modern)

  7. Euphrates River and Canal Irrigation

  8. Mesopotamia

  9. ÇatalHüyük (7500-5700BCE)

  10. Sumer • Settled between 4500 and 4000 BCE • Network of a dozen plus city-states • Shared language and culture

  11. The Rise of Cities • Government/Kings – non-kin based associations • Religious institutions • Redistribution of goods – taxes/temple donations • Centers of trade Relief from the temple of Inanna, Uruk; The zigaraut of Ur

  12. Which Came First?Cities or Nomads?

  13. Cities and Nomads

  14. Invention of Writing Mesopotamia (Sumerian) ~3300BCE Egypt ~3200-3100BCE China ~1200BCE Mesoamerica (Mayan) ~300BCE

  15. Mesopotamia Cuneiform wedge-shaped symbols impressed into clay tablets

  16. Akkadian Empire (2334-2154BCE) • Sargon of Akkad (2270-2215BCE)

  17. What is an Empire? • The extension of political rule by one people over other, different people. • Structures that display power and luxury • Establish vast marketplaces serviced by highways, ports, etc. • Diverse peoples – exotic goods • Bureaucratic administration with uniform structures

  18. How do Empires Work? • Hegemony – convince subjects empire is in best interest • Peace and stability • Technological development • Extensive trade networks • Cultural sophistication • Do subjects see these benefits?

  19. How do Empires Work? • Dominance – power imposed through sheer force • Military force and the threat to use it • Expend massive resources on military and security • Roads and infrastructure focused on military mobilization • Often in the eye of the empire’s subjects…

  20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso

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