THE GREAT EMPIRES OF MESOPOTAMIA

WHAT WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FOUR

MESOPOTAMIAN EMPIRES?

The long reign of Sargon began around 2300 BCE…..

✺ Sargon built the first capital city and named it Agade

✺ Sargon assembled a very large army and used military strategies to conquer neighboring cities

✺ Sargon was the first ruler to decree that his sons would rule after him

Hammurabi and his code of laws….

✺ Hammurabi was responsible for writing the first set of laws that everyone needed to follow

✺ Hammurabi’s code covered many situations including trade, marriage, divorce, payment for work and punishment for crimes

✺ Hammurabi made god the Marduk supreme as well as creating roads and postal service.

THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE DID NOT LAST LONG, SOON THE ASSYRIANS

TOOK OVER AND BROUGHT WITH THEM A NEW AGE

The Babylonian empire did not last long, soon the Assyrians took over and brought with them a new age….

✺ One of the Assyrians greatest achievements was their incredibly complex war strategies and their weapons

✺ They were also famous for their invention of the battering ram

✺ When the Assyrian Empire was in it’s prime it stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf

Soon the Babylonians returned and created the neo-Babylonian empire..

✺Nebuchadrezzar was the new ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and he drove the egyptians out of Syria as well as conquering part of Canaan

✺ Nebuchadrezzar rebuilt the capital cities’ Ziggurat as well as creating the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon

✺ The Neo-Babylonians created the first sundial