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Native Empires

The document summarizes several ancient Mesopotamian civilizations including the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, Persians, Phoenicians, Chaldeans, and Lydians. It describes their languages, religions, systems of laws, technological innovations, and contributions to culture and society. Key points included the Babylonian code of Hammurabi, Phoenician alphabet, Persian religion of Zoroastrianism, and the Lydians being the first to use currency.

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Native Empires

The document summarizes several ancient Mesopotamian civilizations including the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, Persians, Phoenicians, Chaldeans, and Lydians. It describes their languages, religions, systems of laws, technological innovations, and contributions to culture and society. Key points included the Babylonian code of Hammurabi, Phoenician alphabet, Persian religion of Zoroastrianism, and the Lydians being the first to use currency.

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Persians

Akkadians
Babylonians

Sumerian Hittites
Mesopotamian
Civilization

Chaldeans
Lydians

Phoenicians
Assyrians
Hittites
• Used iron Weapons
Assyrians • Chief god Assur
• Used chariots
• First Cavalry
Akkadians
• Spoke a Semitic Language related to modern
Hebrew and Arabic
“When heaven above was not yet
named, nor earth below
pronounced by name, Apsu, the
first one, their begetter and
maker Tiamat, who bore them all,
had mixed their waters together,
but had not formed pastures, nor
discovered reed-beds. When yet
no gods were manifest, nor
names pronounced, nor destinies
decreed, then gods were born
within them.”
Babylonians
• King Hammurabi
• Hammurabi’s Code
–Earliest code of law
–Based on equal retaliation.
Hammurabi’s Code
• 282 laws.
• Harsh
punishment for
crimes.
• Laws were varied
for the wealthy
and powerful.
What do you think?
– “ If a man brings an accusation against a man
and charges him with a capital crime but
cannot prove it, the accuser shall be put to
death.”
– “If the slave of a free man strikes the body of
another man, his ear shall be cut off.”
– “If a man strikes a pregnant woman so that
she loses her unborn child, he shall pay ten
shekels for her loss.
• “If the woman dies, the man’s daughter
shall be put to death.
Chaldeans
• Skilled astronomers
• Hanging Gardens of
Babylon
• King Nebuchadnezzar
built them for his wife
– One of the Ancient
Wonders of the World
Persians
• Present day Iran
• Spoke an Indo-European
Language
• Zoroastrianism
–Belief in final judgment and
training for it
Phoenicians
• Major natural resource:
lumber from cedar
forests.
• Invented the art of
glassblowing.
• Alphabet
– Then adopted by Greeks.
– Then adopted by
Romans
Lydians
• First to use currency.
–An economic system based in
the use of money as a measure
of value and a unit of account.

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