Ancient Middle East Sumer 3000 BC CityStates made
Ancient Middle East
Sumer 3000 BC • City-States made up Sumer
Sumer 3000 BC • City-States made up Sumer • Number 6 – 60 minutes, 360 * Circle
Sumer 3000 BC • City-States made up Sumer • Number 6 – 60 minutes, 360 * Circle • 1 st People to write – Cuneiform
Sumer 3000 BC • City-States made up Sumer • Number 6 – 60 minutes, 360 * Circle • 1 st People to write – Cuneiform • Algebra and Geometry
Sumer 3000 BC • City-States made up Sumer • Number 6 – 60 minutes, 360 * Circle • 1 st People to write – Cuneiform • Algebra and Geometry • 1 st wheeled vehicles
Sumer 3000 BC • City-States made up Sumer • Number 6 – 60 minutes, 360 * Circle • • 1 st People to write – Cuneiform Algebra and Geometry 1 st wheeled vehicles Epic of Gilgamesh
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE 1700 BC • King Hammurabi
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE 1700 BC • Code of Hammurabi first set of codified laws in Mesopotamia
HITTITES 1400 BC Present day Turkey Iron working secrets
ASSYRIANS 1100 – 600 BC Present day Northern Iraq / Syria
ASSYRIANS 1100 – 600 BC Present day Northern Iraq / Syria King Assurbanipal – Order in Palace (veils)
ASSYRIANS 1100 – 600 BC Present day Northern Iraq / Syria King Assurbanipal – Order in Palace (veils) – Burned, maimed, destroyed
ASSYRIANS 1100 – 600 BC Present day Northern Iraq / Syria King Assurbanipal – Order in Palace (veils) – Burned, maimed, destroyed 1 st Library in Mesopotamia (Ninevah)
BABYLONS II 612 BC • King Nebuchadnezzar
BABYLONS II 612 BC • King Nebuchadnezzar Ruthless King – Loved knowledge – Hired priests / Astrologers (Astronomy) – Enslaved educated Jews
PERSIAN EMPIRE 539 BC Centered in present day Iran (Persian Gulf) Cyrus the Conqueror
PERSIAN EMPIRE 539 BC Darius • Policy of Tolerance and Acceptance • Set up Provinces to help govern large empire
PHOENICIANS 600 – 100 BC • Sailors and Traders Traded Knowledge • Alphabet Sea Galley
Cultural diffusion is the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another. The mixing of world cultures through different ethnicities, religions and nationalities has increased with advanced communication, transportation and technology.
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