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BABYLON (AMORITES). NO WALLS (different than Mesopotamia) POSSIBLE GARDEN OF EDEN (Today it is IRAQ). HAMMURABI’S CODES. 1 ST CODES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION Discuss with your POD why this is important. 3 POINTS OF LAW. THE RICHER YOU ARE, THE MORE JUSTICE YOU GET
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BABYLON (AMORITES) • NO WALLS (different than Mesopotamia) • POSSIBLE GARDEN OF EDEN (Today it is IRAQ)
HAMMURABI’S CODES • 1ST CODES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION • Discuss with your POD why this is important.
3 POINTS OF LAW • THE RICHER YOU ARE, THE MORE JUSTICE YOU GET • CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN AGAINST PEOPLE • EYE FOR AN EYE • Controlled Society
BAYLONS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:
CONQUORED EVERYONE • BEST DISCIPLINE • BEST WEAPONS • FOUGHT WITH CHARIOTS • CITY WAS WELL PROTECTED
EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:
PHOENICIANS 2000BC • 1ST GREAT EXPLORERS • ESTABLISHED CARTHAGE • MAY HAVE CREATED THE ALPHABET –22 CHARACTERS
EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:
ASSYRIANS 1100BC • PERFECTED THE ART OF TERRORISM • CHARTED PLANETS • THEIR OWN FORM OF WRITING • LOVED THEIR CULTURE • FOUGHT EVERYBODY • RUTHLESS PEOPLE
King Ashurbanipal • Library @ Nineveh • A collection of 20,000 to 30,000 cuneiform tablets containing approximately 1,200 distinct texts remains for scholars to study today. • The ancient Sumerian "Epic of Gilgamesh" and a nearly complete list of ancient Near Eastern rulers among other priceless writings were preserved in Ashurbanipal's palace library at Nineveh
EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:
CHALDEANS 612BC • COVETED BABYLON • GREAT KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR • ENSLAVED THE JEWS • RELIGION: FATALISM • BUILT 1 OF 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD “HANGING GARDENS” (56 miles in length, 80 feet thick and 320 feet high)
EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO THIS? – We shall see in a bit:But more importantly, why does this keep happening to all of these great civilizations?
INTERNAL CONFLICT!!!!!!!!! • INFACT ALL THESE GROUPS WERE VICTIMS OF THIS CONCEPT
538BCTHE WHO IS………. THE PERSIANS
CYRUS THE GREAT • UNITED HIS PEOPLE • CONQUORED EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING • LARGEST EMPIRE EVER TO THIS POINT • HOW ARE THEY BETTER THAN OTHER CIVILIZATION THUS FAR?
NEW WAY TO GOVERN • “SATRAPS” (COUNTIES/STATES) • 1)GOVERNOR 2)GENERAL 3)SECRET POLICE (REPORTS ONLY TO THE KING – BRILLIANT) • HE WAS FIRST TO HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN (HE KEPT THE MASSES HAPPY BY THINKING THEY MATTERED)
RELIGION • ZOROASTERIANISM • DUAL GOD • AHURA(GOOD) & AHRIMAN (EVIL) • BATTLE FOR YOUR SOUL
DARIUS: NEW LEADER • SON IN-LAW OF CYRUS • DARIUS WANTS MORE – “GREECE” • BECAME OBSESSED – “PERSIAN WARS” –PATRICIDE.
XERXES: NEW LEADER • SON OF DARIUS • CONTINUED FATHERS QUEST BUT ULTIMATLEY WAS DEFEATED BECAUSE OF INTERNAL CONFLICT “COMBUSTION” • PERIAN DOWNFALL