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The Ancient Middle East

The Ancient Middle East. 1. Mesopotamia: "Land Between the Two Rivers". Indo-European Migrations: 4m-2m BCE. The Middle East: “The Crossroads of Three Continents”. The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area. The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”. Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia=

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The Ancient Middle East

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  1. The Ancient Middle East

  2. 1. Mesopotamia: "Land Between the Two Rivers"

  3. Indo-European Migrations: 4m-2m BCE The Middle East: “The Crossroads of Three Continents”

  4. The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”

  5. Fertile Crescent • Mesopotamia= • Land between TWO rivers • Tigris • Euphrates

  6. Sumerians This is now Kuwait

  7. Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic Enki Innana Anthropomorphic Gods

  8. Polytheism Poly Theism God Religious Christian Islam Budhaism • More than one • Many • Polygamy • Polygon

  9. Mesopotamian Trade “The Cuneiform World”

  10. Cuneiform (Writing) • Stylus (stick) • Wedges • Symbols • Sounds • Pictures • Scribes=writers • Clay tablet (wet)

  11. Cuneiform:“Wedge-Shaped” Writing

  12. Cuneiform Writing

  13. Deciphering Cuneiform

  14. Sumerian Scribes “Tablet House”

  15. Sumerian Cylinder Seals

  16. Gilgamesh http://

  17. Gilgamesh Epic Tablet:Flood Story (Noah)

  18. Ziggurat at Ur • Temple • “Mountain of the Gods”

  19. The Royal Standard of Ur

  20. Mesopotamian Harp

  21. Board Game From Ur

  22. Sophisticated Metallurgy Skillsat Ur

  23. Sargon of Akkad:The World’s First Empire [Akkadians] Present day Iraq

  24. The Babylonian Empires

  25. Hammurabi’s [r. 1792-1750 B. C. E.] Code

  26. Hammurabi, the Judge “An eye for an eye”

  27. Babylonian Math Base 60—think clocks, triangles

  28. Babylonian Numbers No 0’s

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