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Sir Chock Encabo
Lecture for 3rd Yr AS Student
Sir Chock Encabo
Lecture for 3rd Yr AS Student
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Indo-European Migrations: 4m-2m BCE
Indo-European Migrations: 4m-2m BCE
The Middle East: “The Crossroads of Three Continents”
The Middle East: “The Crossroads of Three Continents”
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The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area
The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area
The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”
The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”
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Sumerian CivilizationSumerian
Civilization•The first Sumerian cities emerged in southern Mesopotamia around 3200 B.C.
•Nomadic herders settled in the Southern part of Mesopotamia and gradually changed the farming way of life
•They built dams and dikes to keep the rivers from flooding their fields.
•The farming villages emerged along the river and grew into 12 city-states
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Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic
Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic
Enki
Enki
Innana
Innana
Anthropomorphic Gods
Anthropomorphic Gods
the belief in many gods
•Enki - the god of rainEnki - the god of rain•Marduk - principal god of BabylonMarduk - principal god of Babylon• Ashur - god of the Assyrian Ashur - god of the Assyrian empireempire• Gula (in Sumerian) or Shamash Gula (in Sumerian) or Shamash (in Akkadian) - sun god and god (in Akkadian) - sun god and god of justiceof justice•Ishtar - goddess of warIshtar - goddess of war•Ereshkigal- goddess of the Ereshkigal- goddess of the underworldunderworld•Nabu- god of writingNabu- god of writing•Ninurta- Sumerian god of war and Ninurta- Sumerian god of war and god of heroesgod of heroes•Iškur- god of stormsIškur- god of storms•Pazuzu - an evil god who brought Pazuzu - an evil god who brought diseases which had no known curediseases which had no known cure
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Worshiped many gods.
Believed gods controlled every aspect of life.
Saw afterlife as a grim place. Everybody would go into darkness and eat dust.
To keep the gods happy, each city built a ziggurat, or pyramid temple.
Each state had distinct social hierarchy, or system of ranks.
Most people were peasant farmers.
Women had legal rights; some engaged in trade and owned property.
City-states with hereditary rulers.
Ruler led army in war and enforced laws.
Complex government with scribes to collect taxes and keep records.
RELIGIONSOCIAL
STRUCTUREGOVERNMENT
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“The Cuneiform World”
“The Cuneiform World”
Mesopotamian TradeMesopotamian Trade
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Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing
Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing•The Sumerians used a system of
record-keeping that used baked clay•These tablets are invaluable record of history of the Sumerian and of later peoples of Mesopotamia
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Cuneiform WritingCuneiform Writing
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Deciphering Cuneiform
Deciphering Cuneiform
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Schools were established:Schools were established:
• Only few people (particularly the boys) Only few people (particularly the boys) were trained to write cuneiformwere trained to write cuneiform
• They were sons of upper-class They were sons of upper-class professionals (priest, temple and palce professionals (priest, temple and palce officials, army officers, sea captains and officials, army officers, sea captains and other scribes)other scribes)
• The students who learned the art could The students who learned the art could work as scribes for the temple, the royal work as scribes for the temple, the royal court or wealthy merchantscourt or wealthy merchants
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Sumerian ScribesSumerian Scribes
“Tablet House” “Tablet House”
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Sumer falls to conquerorsSumer falls to conquerors
• They did not form a strong and unified They did not form a strong and unified governmentgovernment
• War between city-statesWar between city-states• Sargon the Great was the ruler of the kingdom Sargon the Great was the ruler of the kingdom
of Akkad who invaded the city-statesof Akkad who invaded the city-states• He established the world’s first empireHe established the world’s first empire• His empire stretched from the Persian Gulf to His empire stretched from the Persian Gulf to
the Mediterranean Seathe Mediterranean Sea• The empire lasted for only about 100 yearsThe empire lasted for only about 100 years
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The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area
The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area
The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”
The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”
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Sumer falls to conquerorsSumer falls to conquerors
• Ur was the city-state that was able to Ur was the city-state that was able to regain power and ruled both Summer and regain power and ruled both Summer and AkkadAkkad
• Hammurabi was the ruler from Babylonia Hammurabi was the ruler from Babylonia who conquered and united the whole who conquered and united the whole Mesopotamian PeninsulaMesopotamian Peninsula
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Sumerian Cylinder Seals
Sumerian Cylinder Seals
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GilgameshGilgamesh
•The Mesopotamians believed that the dead descended to a gloomy underworld•Epic of Gilgamesh was one of the earliest literary works.
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Gilgamesh Epic Tablet:Flood Story
Gilgamesh Epic Tablet:Flood Story
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Ziggurat at UrZiggurat at Ur
Temple
“Mountain of the Gods”
Temple
“Mountain of the Gods”
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The Royal Standard of Ur
The Royal Standard of Ur
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Mesopotamian HarpMesopotamian Harp
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Board Game From UrBoard Game From Ur
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Sophisticated Metallurgy Skills
at Ur
Sophisticated Metallurgy Skills
at Ur
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Sargon of Akkad:The World’s First Empire
[Akkadians]
Sargon of Akkad:The World’s First Empire
[Akkadians]
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The Babylonian Empires
The Babylonian Empires
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Hammurabi’s [r. 1792-1750
B. C. E.] CodeHammurabi’s [r. 1792-1750
B. C. E.] Code
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Hammurabi, the JudgeHammurabi, the Judge
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Babylonian MathBabylonian Math
•They drew up multiplication and division tables and making calculations using geometry
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Babylonian NumbersBabylonian Numbers
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Mesopotamian Trade SystemMesopotamian Trade System
• The two rivers provided a way to ship The two rivers provided a way to ship goodsgoods
• The wheel and the sail improved The wheel and the sail improved transportation systemtransportation system
• Marketplace were present in Marketplace were present in Mesopotamian citiesMesopotamian cities
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Clay Tablets : HistoryClay Tablets : History
• Discoveries of clay tablets in the Near East Discoveries of clay tablets in the Near East shown trade contracts, lists of rulers, maps, shown trade contracts, lists of rulers, maps, poems, legends, prayers and laws (not poems, legends, prayers and laws (not interpreted until the 19interpreted until the 19thth Century) Century)
• Henry Rawilson (1840) discovered the key to Henry Rawilson (1840) discovered the key to the cuneiform writing.the cuneiform writing.– Tree types of writing on a huge cliff, known as the Tree types of writing on a huge cliff, known as the
Behistun rock.Behistun rock.