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MIDDLE EAST CIVILIZATIONS. SUMERIANS. FOUND IN THE REGION OF MESOPOTAMIA RULED FROM 3500-1900 b.c . BEGAN CULTIVATED AGRICULTURE WRITING —WEDGE SHAPES ON CLAY. CUNEIFORM. BABYLON. LOCATED IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT FROM 1900 B.C. TO 500 B.C. SERIES OF EMPIRES - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MIDDLE EAST CIVILIZATIONS
SUMERIANS FOUND IN THE REGION OF MESOPOTAMIA
RULED FROM 3500-1900 b.c.
BEGAN CULTIVATED AGRICULTURE
WRITING —WEDGE SHAPES ON CLAY
CUNEIFORM
BABYLON LOCATED IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT
FROM 1900 B.C. TO 500 B.C.
SERIES OF EMPIRES
FAMOUS RULER--HAMMURABI
CODE OF HAMMURABI
CODE OF HAMMURABI► the code was not applied equally
► BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF AN EYE FOR AN EYE
► if a man has stolen a child, he shall be put to death
►If a man has committed highway robbery and has been caught, that man shall be put to death
► if a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off
► if a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician, his eye shall be knocked out
► if he has broken the limb of a patrician, his limb shall be broken
if a man has knocked out the eye of a plebeian or has broken the limb of a plebeian, he shall pay one mina of silver (about $100)
if he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant, or broken the limb of a patrician’s servant, he shall pay half his value
if a patrician has knocked out the tooth of a man that is his equal, his tooth shall be knocked out
if he has knocked out the tooth of a plebeian, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver (about $33)
Why were their laws so strict on punishment this code covered all aspects of society, from crime, to
farming, to regulation of prices and wages
CHALDEANS 7TH CENTURY B.C.
KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR
STUDIED ASTRONOMY 7-DAY WEEK CALENDER PREDICTED ECLIPSES
7 WONDERS OF ANCIENT WORLD
HANGING GARDENS
PHOENICIANS
¤ 16TH CENTURY B.C. TO 6TH CENTURY B.C.
¤ WESTERN BORDER OF FERTILE CRESCENT
¤ SEAFARERS¤ MAY HAVE SAILED TO THE
AMERICAS
¤ CREATED AN ALPHABET BASED ON SOUNDS
¤ OUR LANGUAGE IS BASED ON THIS
EGYPTIANS ESTABLISHED AROUND NILE RIVER
FIRST SETTLERS AROUND 5000 B.C.
RULED BY PHARAOHS CONSIDERED GODS MARRIED WITHIN FAMILY BUILD PYRAMIDS TO HOUSE
BODY OF PHARAOH MUMMIFIED BODY—WHY? HOUSE SPIRIT OF PHARAOH
ROMANS OVERTHREW THEM AROUND 300 B.C.
ROMANS EXPIRE STRETCHED FROM THE BRITISH ISLES TO AFRICA AND ASIA
ARRIVED IN REGION DURING 4TH CENTURY B.C.
THE DIASPORA
MASADA—74 A.D.SCATTERING OF THE JEWS
MUSLEMS
EXPANDED QUICKLY BECAUSE QURAN FORBID KILLING OF OTHER MUSLEMS
TURKS ARRIVE IN ANATOLIA IN 11TH CENTURY
SELJUK TURKS BEGAN THE CRUSADES IN 11TH CENTURY A.D.
OTTOMAN TURKS RULED UNTIL WORLD WAR I
AFTER WORLD WAR I FRANCE, BRITAIN, AND ITALY CONTROLLED THE REGION
•CONSTANTINOPLE
BIRTH OF RELIGION† 3 GREAT RELIGIONS HAD THEIR BIRTH IN THE MIDDLE EAST
† JUDAISM† FOUNDER—ABRAHAM† PROPHET—MOSES
† LED ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPT† RECEIVED 10 COMMANDENTS ON MT. SINAI† TURNED AGAINST JESUS –WHY?
† CHRISTIANITY† FOUNDER—JESUS CHRIST† CRUCIFIED BY THE ROMANS† GREAT MISSIONARY—SAUL
† ISLAM† WATCH VIDEO