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SUMER FALLS TO CONQUERORS ● They did not form a strong and unified government ● War between city-states Sargon the Great was the ruler of the kingdom of Akkad who invaded the city-states ● He established the world’s first empire ● from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea ● lasted for only about 100 years
Sargon of Akkad: The World’s First Empire [Akkadians]
Page 1 and 2: Mesopotamia The Land Between Two Ri
Page 3 and 4: The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area T
Page 5 and 6: Sumerian Civilization ●AGRICULTUR
Page 8 and 9: Uruk and Vicinity: Trade ● Resour
Page 10 and 11: Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writi
Page 12 and 13: Cuneiform Writing
Page 14 and 15: SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED: ● ●St
Page 16 and 17: Sumerian Cylinder Seals
Page 18 and 19: EPIC OF GILGAMESH was one of the ea
Page 20 and 21: Epic of Gilgamesh II ● Gilgamesh
Page 22 and 23: Gilgamesh Epic Tablet: Flood Story
Page 24 and 25: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKqG
Page 26 and 27: Mesopotamian Harp
Page 28 and 29: Ur ● Site of the “Royal Cemeter
Page 30 and 31: LOWER CLASS GRAVES ●Of the other
Page 32 and 33: Sophisticated Metallurgy Skills at
Page 34 and 35: Ziggurat: Structure ● Note the st
Page 38 and 39: Lagash ● Lagash, ruled by Gudea,
Page 40 and 41: Babylon: Code of Hammurabi ● Hamm
Page 42 and 43: Hammurabi’s Code (1792-1750 BCE)
Page 44 and 45: The Babylonian Empires
Page 46 and 47: Babylonian Numbers
Page 48 and 49: Warlike Themes: The Assyrians ● U
Page 50 and 51: Neo-Babylonian Empire ● A ziggura
Page 52 and 53: ● ● ● The Hanging Gardens

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