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Civilizations of Mesopotamia Chart

Civilizations of Mesopotamia Chart . Sumerians. See Maps/Videos…. Location. Lower Mesopotamia Tigris and Euphrates River Valley. Cities. Ur and other Independent City-states. Leaders. N/A. Religion. Polytheism. Cultural Achievements . Writing (Cuneiform) City States Ziggurats

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Civilizations of Mesopotamia Chart

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  1. Civilizations of Mesopotamia Chart

  2. Sumerians • See Maps/Videos…

  3. Location Lower Mesopotamia Tigris and Euphrates River Valley

  4. Cities • Ur and other Independent City-states

  5. Leaders • N/A

  6. Religion • Polytheism

  7. Cultural Achievements • Writing (Cuneiform) • City States • Ziggurats • Wheel/Carts • Sundial • Arch • Government • Calendar • Bronze Tools • “Epic of Gilgamesh”

  8. Empire/Dynasty • Not Really

  9. Reason for Decline • Warring among the independent City-states… • Weakened itself • Then invaded by foreign armies (Amorites)

  10. Babylonians

  11. Location • Mesopotamia—Tigris Euphrates River

  12. Cities • Babylon

  13. Leaders • King Hammurabi

  14. Religion • Polytheism

  15. Cultural Achievements • Code of Hammurabi—1st written legal code • Astronomy and Astrology • Babylonian Epics • Based on Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh • Similar to stories of the Old Testament

  16. Empire/Dynasty? • YES • Concept of Monarchy and Kings

  17. Reason for Decline • About 1700 BC they were invaded by foreign armies.

  18. Phoenicians

  19. Location • Eastern Mediterranean Coast—near Lebanon

  20. Cities • Tyre • Byblos • Sidon • Carthage—located in northern Africa

  21. Leaders • King Hiram

  22. Religion • Polytheism • Harsh • Child Sacrifice for fertility gods • No belief in afterlife

  23. Cultural Achievements • Trading/Shipping Architects • Purple Dye (Monopoly)—so rare that only royalty could use it • Phonetic Alphabet (22 letters) • Colonies

  24. Empire/Dynasty • Trading Empire Only----confederation of city states.

  25. Reasons for Decline • Competition? • Series of defeats by invaders into Canaan (Israelites) • King David? • Alexander the Great

  26. Hittites

  27. Location • Northern Asia Minor (Turkey)

  28. Cities, Leaders, Religion • N/A? • Polytheistic? • Religious tolerance?

  29. Cultural Achievements • Earliest Mastery of Iron Working (about 1500 BC) • Cultural Diffusion with other Mid-East Civilizations/Egypt (Iron Tools/Weapons)

  30. Empire/Dynasty • Yes—Anatolia (Asia Minor) and Northern Mesopotamia and Northern Syria • Height: c. 1350-1250 BC

  31. Reason for Decline • Invasions by foreign armies

  32. Assyrians

  33. Location • Northern Mesopotamia • Empire expanded into all of Fertile Crescent and Egypt `

  34. Cities • Asher • Nineveh

  35. Leaders • King Assurbanipal

  36. Religion • Polytheistic

  37. Cultural Achievements • Government—had Governors and Provinces • Military Roads • Powerful Kings • Great Library at Nineveh • Armies outfitted with Iron weapons

  38. Empire/Dynasty • Yes—Cruel and violent people • Ruthless and Brutal Empire • Terrorized their subjects

  39. Reason for Decline • Invaded by Babylonians (Chaldeans) • Nineveh sacked in 612 BC • Fall of the Assyrian Empire

  40. Chaldeans

  41. Location • All of Fertile Crescent

  42. Cities • Babylon

  43. Leaders • King Nebuchadnezar

  44. Religion • Polytheistic

  45. Cultural Achievements • Hanging Gardens of Babylon (one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world) • Astrology and Astronomy • Extremely accurate calendar

  46. Empire/Dynasty • Yes

  47. Reasons for Decline • Invaded and Crushed by Persian Empire (Cyrus the Great) in 539 BC.

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