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Chapter 2 Section 2 Babylonia verses Assyria. Empires made rich by conquests and trade , Built grand cities where culture and learning were valued , Societies were eventually conquered by others.
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Chapter 2 Section 2Babylonia verses Assyria Empires made rich by conquests and trade , Built grand cities where culture and learning were valued , Societies were eventually conquered by others
What’s their story ? What do you think they looked like ? What was their personality like ? Illustrate what you think they looked like • Anshar ( a god) • Tiamat (goddess) • Ishtar (goddess) • Marduk ( god) • Sargon II • Sargon I • Nebuchadnezzar I • Enheduanna • Hammurabi • Gilgamesh • Gungunum • Nebuchadnezzar Ii
Shared Learning Target • Know : We know there were many different powerful empires that ruled the ancient Sumerian land. • We will learn about two powerful groups: Babylonians and Assyrians by reading 2.2 in book and completing a guided reading 2.2 • We will show what we know by making a character sketch about one of the people : whether real or gods and illustrate what we think they looked like and what their personality was like .
Timeline of Babylonia • 2000 B.C. • Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Elam (1764 B.C.) • Hammurabi founds Babylonia (c. 1763 B.C ) • Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Ashur ending the first Assyrian empire (c. 1760 B.C.) • Code of Hammurabi (c. 1758 B.C.) • Kutur-Nahhunte of Elam conquers southern Babylonia (c. 1752 B.C.) • Kurigalzu I of Babylonia conquers Elam (c. 1400 B.C.) • Elam regains independence from Babylonia under King Igi-Halki (c. 1350 B.C.) • Hittites, under King Mursilis I, sack Babylon (c. 1600 B.C.) • Kassite dynasty established in Babylon (c. 1595 B.C.) • Assyrians sack Babylon (c. 1240 B.C.) • Gilgamesh Epic ( c. 1200 B.C. ) • Shutruk-Nahhunte of Elam invades Babylon and places his son on the throne (c. 1168 B.C.) • Assyria and Elam attack Babylonia ending Kassite rule (c. 1155 B.C.) • Nebuchadnezzar I, king of Babylonia (c. 1125 B.C.-1104 B.C.) • Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon invades and conquers Elam (c. 1120 B.C.) • 800 B.C. • Chaldaeans enter Babylonia and compete for the Babylonian throne (c. 721 - 703 B.C.) • 700 B.C. • Assyrians destroy Babylon (689 B.C.) • Babylonians rebel against their Assyrian rulers (652 - 648 B.C.) • Chaldaean king, Nabopolassar, secures Babylonian throne (625 - 605 B.C.) • Medes ally with Babylonia to conquer Assyria (612 B.C.) • 600 B.C. • Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia captures Jerusalem (587 B.C.) • Judah becomes a province of Babylonia (587 B.C.) • exile of the Jews to Babylon (586 B.C.) • Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia conquers Phoenicia (586 B.C.) • Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia burns Jerusalem (581 B.C.) • Nebuchadnezzar II builds the Hanging Gardens • Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylonia absorbing Babylon into the Persian empire (539 B.C.) • Cyrus the Great of Persia frees the captive Jews from Babylonia (539 B.C.)
Sargon II ( King) Sargon II