BABYLON (AMORITES)

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BABYLON (AMORITES)

• NO WALLS (different than Mesopotamia)
• POSSIBLE GARDEN OF EDEN (Today it is
  IRAQ)

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HAMMURABIS CODES

• 1ST CODES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
• Discuss with your POD why this is important.

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3 POINTS OF LAW

• THE RICHER YOU ARE, THE MORE JUSTICE YOU GET
• CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN
  AGAINST PEOPLE
• EYE FOR AN EYE
• Controlled Society

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BAYLONS EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO
WOULD DO THIS? We shall see in a bit?
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HITTITESWARRIOR CULTURE
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CONQUORED EVERYONE

• BEST DISCIPLINE
• BEST WEAPONS
• FOUGHT WITH CHARIOTS
• CITY WAS WELL PROTECTED

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EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO
THIS? We shall see in a bit?
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PHOENICIANS 2000BC

• 1ST GREAT EXPLORERS
• ESTABLISHED CARTHAGE
• MAY HAVE CREATED THE ALPHABET 22 CHARACTERS

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EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO
THIS? We shall see in a bit?
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ASSYRIANS 1100BC

• PERFECTED THE ART OF TERRORISM
• CHARTED PLANETS
• THEIR OWN FORM OF WRITING
• LOVED THEIR CULTURE
• FOUGHT EVERYBODY
• RUTHLESS PEOPLE

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King Ashurbanipal

• Library _at_ Nineveh
• A collection of 20,000 to 30,000 cuneiform
  tablets containing approximately 1,200 distinct
  texts remains for scholars to study today.
• The ancient Sumerian "Epic of Gilgamesh" and a
  nearly complete list of ancient Near Eastern
  rulers among other priceless writings were
  preserved in Ashurbanipal's palace library at
  Nineveh

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EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO
THIS? We shall see in a bit?
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CHALDEANS 612BC

• COVETED BABYLON
• GREAT KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR
• ENSLAVED THE JEWS
• RELIGION FATALISM
• BUILT 1 OF 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD HANGING
  GARDENS (56 miles in length, 80 feet thick and
  320 feet high)

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EVENTUALLY SWEPT AWAY (IN 538BC) WHO WOULD DO
THIS? We shall see in a bit? But more
importantly, why does this keep happening to all
of these great civilizations?
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INTERNAL CONFLICT!!!!!!!!!

• INFACT ALL THESE GROUPS WERE VICTIMS OF THIS
  CONCEPT

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538BC THE WHO IS.

• THE PERSIANS

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CYRUS THE GREAT

• UNITED HIS PEOPLE
• CONQUORED EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING
• LARGEST EMPIRE EVER TO THIS POINT
• HOW ARE THEY BETTER THAN OTHER CIVILIZATION THUS
  FAR?

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NEW WAY TO GOVERN

• SATRAPS (COUNTIES/STATES)
• 1)GOVERNOR 2)GENERAL 3)SECRET POLICE (REPORTS
  ONLY TO THE KING BRILLIANT)
• HE WAS FIRST TO HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN (HE KEPT THE
  MASSES HAPPY BY THINKING THEY MATTERED)

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RELIGION

• ZOROASTERIANISM
• DUAL GOD
• AHURA(GOOD) AHRIMAN (EVIL)
• BATTLE FOR YOUR SOUL

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DARIUS NEW LEADER

• SON IN-LAW OF CYRUS
• DARIUS WANTS MORE GREECE
• BECAME OBSESSED PERSIAN WARS PATRICIDE.

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XERXES NEW LEADER

• SON OF DARIUS
• CONTINUED FATHERS QUEST BUT ULTIMATLEY WAS
  DEFEATED BECAUSE OF INTERNAL CONFLICT
  COMBUSTION
• PERIAN DOWNFALL