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Babylonians
________ .... many attacks to Ur... Ur was in ruins
________... Babylon had a powerful country (Baghdad, Irak)
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Hammurabi (________ - ______)
King of _______ .... Conquered all of_____
- 1792 - 1750 BC
- Babylon, Mezopotamia
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Hammurabi code:
__________ for ___________
eye, eye
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Hammurabi
- skilled on _________
- _________ invented
-used the money for buildings and ______
- battlefield
- zodiac
- irrigation
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Hammurabi's code
He wrote a code of laws, trade, theft, marriage
-each one had a specific ______
-social class did matter
-it was written
penalty
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after hammurabi's dead Babylonian power declined...
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Invasions of Mezopotamia
Hittites: had a strong kingdom on ___________ They had advantages such as:
- asia minor, today, Turkey
- -they mastered iron-working, and they had chariots
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Invasions of Mezopotamia
Kassites: captured _______ 1550 BC..... they ruled ____years
babylon, 400
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Invasions of Mezopotamia
Assyrians... had always wanted to stablish their own kingdom... campaign of conquest and expansion with cruelty
_____BC.... they began to conquer the __________
900, fertile cresent
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Invasions of Mezopotamia
Assyrians conquered because they had advantages such as:
- They had iron weapons
- giant war machines
- organized army
- fierce in battle
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Invasions of Mezopotamia
assyrians leaders demanded taxes, built roads, raised troops. their capital was:
nimiveh
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Invasions of Mezopotamia
assyrians: 625 BC wars started over __________, the empire was weak
who should rule
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Invasions of Mezopotamia
Chaldeans: attacked assyrians ______BC.... new empire
-most important king
-turned________into a beautiful city
-hanging gardens
612, babylon
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Invasions of Mezopotamia
Chaldeans achievements:
-studied ________ language
-built _____ to sumerian gods
center of ________
calendar, geometry
sumerian, temples, astronomy
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The Phoenicians
phoenicia: along the _______________ (lebanon)
mediterranean sea
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The Phoenicians
-Geographical problem:
-north & east: __________________
-west:____________________
-south:______________________
- bordered by mountains
- mediterranean sea
- hostile neighbors
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The Phoenicians:
Resources: cedar, silver work, ivory carvings, slaves, purple fabric, glass hems
Founded colonies: ___________
main achievement: __________
- *Trade = expert sailors
- carthage
- alphabet
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Babylon
city that was located on the Euphrates
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Hammurabi's code:
set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
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chariot
a wheeles, horsedrawn cart used in battle
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alphabet
a set of letters that can be combined to form words
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