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Mesopotamia "The Land Between the Rivers"
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Mapa Mental sobre Mesopotamia "The Land Between the Rivers", criado por leemireenae em 01-12-2015.
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Mesopotamia "The Land Between the Rivers"
Interaction w/ Environment
Valleys of Tigris + Euphrates
Little Rain --> develop irrigation (6,000 BCE)
Increase in Food Supply
increase in migrants (esp. Semites)
Sumer (S. Mesop) = population center
First Cities emerge (4,000 BCE)
3,200~2,350 BCE cities evolve into City-States
gov. sponsored building projects + irrigation
attacks from others --> wall building + military development
cooperation of noble families --> kingships
Politics
Beginnings of Empire
Sargon of Akkad (2,370-2,315 BCE)
coup against King of Kish
seize trade routes + natural resources
weakens + collapses 2,000 BCE
Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE)
centralizes bureaucracy + regulates taxation
capital = Babyon
Hammurabi's Code: law of retribution _ importance of social status
crumbles in the face of Hittite assault (1595 BCE)
Later Mesopotamian Empires
Assyrians (N. Mes.) (1300-612 BCE)
Cities: Assur + Ninevah
Powerful Army: professional officers (based on merit), chariots, archers, iron weapons
Unpopular rule --> rebellions --> end 612 BCE
New Babylonian Empire (600-550 BCE)
Nebuchadnezzar (605-562 BCE)
Hanging gardens of palace = wealth + luxury
Economy
Economic specialization + Trade
Bronze (copper + tin) --> weapons + agricultural tools
iron (1000 BCE) = cheaper + widely available --> tools + weapons
Wheel (3500 BCE) --> trade; carts can carry more
shipbuilding --> maritime trade increases --> network develops
Society
Emergence of Stratified Society
Cities = more opportunities to accumulate wealth
4 classes
King (hereditary) + nobles (royal family + supporters)
Priests + Priestesses = temple communities have large incomes + staff
Free commoners (peasants), dependent clients (no property); pay taxes + labor on building projects
slaves (POWS, criminals, debtors) + domestic servants
Patriarchy
Hammurabi's code : men = head of household
Women get fewer rights after 2000 BCE
1500 BCE wearing veils
Culture
development of written cultural traditions
Cuneiform becomes standard
Reed stylus pressed in clay + baked
mostly commercial + tax documents
Education = vocational for scribe / gov. official
literature: astronomy, mathematics, abstrac
religious texts + literature like Gilgamesh
Influence on others
Hebrews, israelites, Jews
Pastoral nomads btwn Mesopotamia + Egypt 2mi BCE
Settle in some cities
Abraham leads group to Palestine (1850 BCE)
Descendents borrow law of retribution / Hammurabi's Code + flood story from mesopotamia
Migrate to Egypt in 1700 BCE then back to Palestine w/ Moses
12 tribes = Israelites
Mesopotamian style monarchs in Jerusalem (capital)
David (1000-970 BCE)
Solomon (970 - 930 BCE)
Moses + Monotheism
10 commandments = moral + ethical standards
Torah = teachings (1000-400BCE)
conquered by Assyrians
A. conquer I in north + Judah in S. + destroy Jerusalem
Deportees return to Judea --> become known as Jews (586 BCE)
prophets --> incrase devotion
Build Jewish community in Judea w/ strong group identity
Phoenicians
1st settlers 3000 BCE
develop into kingdoms of independent city-states
little agriculture; live on trade + communications networks
overland trade to Mesopotamia --> influence on culture
Maritime trade most important`q
get raw materials + trade for manufactured goods
Early alphatecial script (1500 BCE)
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