People of the Fertile Crescent Part 1

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People of the Fertile Crescent (Part 1)

• I. Fertile Crescent-
• a. River valley in the middle east

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I. Fertile Crescent continued

• 1. Empire-
• -group of people under one ruler

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II. Empires of the Fertile Crescent

• 1. The Sumerians 4,000BC-2,300BC
• a. Mesopotamia
• -Tigris Euphrates rivers
• -Modern Iraq
• b. City-state
• c. Religious King
• d. Sumerian Innovations
• -Irrigation for farms
• -Cuneiform
• -written language
• -Arch
• -stable buildings
• -wheel carts
• e. Ziggurats
• -religious temples

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II. Empires of the Fertile Crescent continued

• 1. The Babylonian Empire 2,300-1,600 BC
• a. Hammurabi
• -Justice system
• -Code of Hammaurabi
• b. Babylonian innovations
• -uniform legal system
• -organization of government
• -study of astronomy
• -lunar calendar