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Mesopotamia
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Where was Mesopotamia?• Present day Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iran• Word means “land between two rivers”• The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates• Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Judeans
(Israelites), Assyrians, Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians), Persians
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Map of Modern Mesopotamia
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Sumeria• 4000 – 2340 BC• Cuneiform – wedges,
clay tablets• Epic of Gilgamesh –
king of Uruk, friend Endiku, goddess Ishtar• Ziggurats• Abraham from Ur
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Map of Sumeria
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Akkadians• 2340-2230 BC,
centered at Akkad• Sargon the Great
overthrows Sumerian cities
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The Akkadian Empire
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Babylonians• 1800 BC – 1650 BC• Hammurabi• The Code of
Hammurabi• The Stele
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Map of Babylonian Empire
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The Assyrians• Nineveh – mentioned
in the Bible, Jonah and the fish• King Ashurbanipal• Centered around
Ashur
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Map of Assyrian Empire
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Judea• 1800 BC – Abraham
from Ur (in Babylon)• Isaac, Jacob (Israel), 12
sons including Joseph• Captivity in Egypt• 1300 BC – Moses born• Israelites freed during
Ramses II reign, return to Palestine• Babylonian Captivity –
6th or 5th century BC
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Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)• 626-539 BC• Nebuchadnezzar II –
Hanging Gardens of Babylon• Took Hebrews
(Israelites) into slavery, destroyed the temple in Jerusalem
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Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)
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Persian Empire• Also known as
Achaemenid Empire 550-330 BC• Cyrus the Great freed
Israel, let them go back to Jerusalem and rebuild temple• Zoroastrianism –
monotheistic• 518 BC – Darius the
Great took power, built Persepolis
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Map of Persian Empire