Chapter 25section 4

Asia: Shaped By History

SOUTHWEST ASIApg.476

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Asia: Shaped By History

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SOUTHWEST ASIASetting the Scene

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“An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”

“If the robber is not caught, the man who has been robbed shall formally declare whatever he has lost… and the city and the mayor… shall replace whatever he has lost for him.”

Written in Cuneiform Writing

Hammurabi’s Code

This stele or carving is now in the Louvre

Museum in Paris, France.

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Setting the Scenepg.476

A priest (sitting) is proclaiming Hammurabi as

royalty (king)

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SOUTHWEST ASIASetting the Scene

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Some of Hammurabi’s Codes

from the stele

There were originally 282 laws

or codes

Written in the ancient writing of Mesopotamia called Cuneiform

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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The Ishtar Gate in Bayblon

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The Ishtar Gate in Bayblon

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The Ishtar Gate in Bayblon

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The Ishtar Gate in Bayblon

A piece of the actual gate is in Detroit at the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts)

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MESOPOTAMIA

Mesopotamia and the “fertile crescent”

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Mesopotamia and the “fertile crescent”

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Mesopotamia and the “fertile crescent”

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Mesopotamia1 min 2 sec

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Summarians

Assyrians Babylonians

Way later in history the Persians also ruled this area

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Euphrates River (Iraq)

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Tigris River (Iraq)

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The Ancient Middle East5 min 10 sec

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SOUTHWEST ASIAPolitcal Boundaries Intensify

Conflicts and Challenges

Judaism

Christianity

Islam

All three religions

developed in the same area… the Middle East

and consider some of the

same land as holy land.

1000 BCE

1st Century CE

600 CE

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SOUTHWEST ASIAPolitical Boundaries Intensify

Conflicts and Challenges

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Arab-Israeli Conflict

Palestine Flag Israel Flag

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SOUTHWEST ASIAWars with Iraq

Operation Desert Storm - 1st Persian Gulf War (1991)

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SOUTHWEST ASIAWars with Iraq

Saddam Hussein

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SOUTHWEST ASIAWars with Iraq

Operation Desert Storm - 1st Persian Gulf War (1991)

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SOUTHWEST ASIAWars with Iraq

Operation Iraqi Freedom - 2nd Persian Gulf War (2003)

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SOUTHWEST ASIAWars with Iraq

The Capture of Saddam Hussein