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Ancient Babylon

Ancient Babylon. By Abigail Wiard. Why is Babylon famous. Babylon Was a city thousands of years ago In area called Mesopotamia Mesopotamia means “Land between 2 rivers” Euphrates River Tigris River. Why is Babylon famous. Babylon famous for Buildings Writings Studies of stars

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Ancient Babylon

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  1. Ancient Babylon By Abigail Wiard

  2. Why is Babylon famous • Babylon • Was a city thousands of years ago • In area called Mesopotamia • Mesopotamia means “Land between 2 rivers” • Euphrates River • Tigris River

  3. Why is Babylon famous • Babylon famous for • Buildings • Writings • Studies of stars • World’s first written records • On clay tablets • Babylon was • One of first cities in the world • The Biggest city in the world

  4. Why is Babylon famous • Famous Tower of Babel • In the Bible • Babylonians wanted it to reach heaven • God was angry with them • God caused different languages • They could not finish tower

  5. Why is Babylon famous • Wrote on Clay Tablets • Songs • Math • Laws • Stories • Love Letters • Cuneiform (instead of letters)

  6. Why is Babylon famous • Nobody here understands Cuneiform, right? • I translated one of the tablets to English

  7. stories • Gilgamesh was a famous story in Babylon • Written on a clay tablet • Gilgamesh was like an ancient super hero

  8. stories • The story of Gilgamesh was about • Love, friendship, and adventures • Gilgamesh and Enkido fought and killed the bull of heaven!

  9. Babylonian kings • Babylon had lots of kings – not Presidents • 2 famous kings • King Hammurabi • King Nebuchadnezzar II • Hammurabi was famous because he made the code Hammurabi. • It was the law

  10. The Codes • The code of hammrabi has 282 laws. • If a son hit his father, the sons hand wuold be cut off.

  11. The Codes • I think they should have had just one law • Remember this one?

  12. King Nebuchadnezzar II • Famous for building huge garden on top of palace • Hanging Gardens of Babylon • One of Ancient Wonders of the World • Built for a woman

  13. Planets and Stars • They named 5 planets • Mercury • Venus • Mars • Saturn • Jupiter ?

  14. Differences between Babylonians and us • Homes with flat roofs

  15. Flat Roofs ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!! • No electricity • No air conditioning • Sleeping on house

  16. Flat Roofs ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!! • What if…?

  17. Flat Roofs Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! • Don’t Sleep on Your Roof!

  18. Differences between Babylonians and us • Other differences • They did not have lunch • They pretty much had no schools • If they did have school, no girls went to school • But…

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