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Compare the map of (p. 22)
with the
map of the (p. 28).
What geographic similarities do the two civilizations share?
In your W.N. …
RiversNile Tigris & Euphrates
Bordered with Seas
Red Sea & Mediterranean
Persian Gulf & Mediterranean
Bordered with Deserts
Arabian, Sahara, Libyan
Syrian Desert
How do you think the
geography impacted the
development of civilizations in
the Fertile Crescent?
RiversNile Tigris & Euphrates
Bordered with Seas
Red Sea & Mediterranean
Persian Gulf & Mediterranean
Bordered with Deserts
Arabian, Sahara, Libyan
Syrian Desert
• Rivers – Good Farming
• Natural Protection – Advancements
• Bordering Deserts – Jealous Neighbors… frequent Invasion
Achievements
Based on what you know about early civilizations & geography, what kinds of achievements they would
have made?
Sumerian
• Farming
• Used Metal
• Building– arch – able to build domes
– ziggurats – temple, built in layers
• Writing
AchievementsSumerian
Analyzing the Empires of the Fertile CrescentMake a Chart listing the Pros and Cons of each Empire.
Under the “Pro” column, list the strengths that helped continue the empire. Under the “Con”, list the weaknesses that led to the Empire’s defeat.
Pros ConsAkkadians
Babylonians
Hittites
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Persians
Pros Cons
Akkadians
Babylonians
Hittites
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Persians
Powerful King - Sargon
Invaders
Hammurabi Power of Priests
Strong Warriors, good laws
Too far from home
Cavalry Civil War
Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes
Weak Successors
Akkadians
Babylonians
Hittites
Achievements of the Empires of the Fertile Crescent
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Persians
Hold on to your outlines, In the mean time, fill in this chart in your W.N.
Let’s Play…
Akkadian
Achievements of the Empires of the Fertile Crescent
EmpireE m p i r e e x t e n d e d t o t h e M e d i t e r r a n e a n
Spoke Semitic Language (similar to modern Hebrew/Arabic)
Defeated Sumerians
Achievements of the Empires of the Fertile Crescent
BabylonianEmpir
eCode of Hammurabi
Established great city of Babylon
Code of Hammurabi
• Hammurabi (also known as “Amraphel” in the Bible: Genesis 14)
• 4000 lines of text, 282 laws
• Harsh laws; “eye for eye, tooth for tooth”
“If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.”
If fire break out in a house, and some one who comes to put it out cast his eye upon the property of the owner of the house, and take the property of the master of the house, he shall be thrown into that self-same fire.
If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.
Achievements of the Empires of the Fertile Crescent
The Hittites
First to use Iron Weapons
Simplified, Improved Babylonian Law (less brutal)… relied on “fines”
Achievements of the Empires of the Fertile Crescent
AssyrianEmpir
e
First to use Cavalry
Brutal War Methods - Destroyed Babylon
Established Great City of Ninevah
Achievements of the Empires of the Fertile Crescent
ChaldeanEmpir
eNebuchadnezzar rebuilt Babylon… canals, bridges, Hanging Gardens
Skilled Astronomers
Achievements of the Empires of the Fertile Crescent
PersianEmpir
e
Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes
•Expanded Kingdom
•Administered Taxes
•Governed Fairly (let conquered people keep their culture)
•Charter of Nations
Charter of the Rights of NationsInscribed on a clay cylinder in cuneiform
discovered in 1879 now in The British Museum, London.... I am Cyrus. King of the world. When I entered Babylon... I did not allow anyone to terrorise the
land... I kept in view the needs of people and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being... I put an end to their misfortune. The Great God has delivered all the lands into my hand; the lands that I have made to dwell in a peaceful habitation...
PersianEmpir
e