Thursday, February 21, 2019

Mesopotamia-Notes #6

So, apparently, we didn't take any notes before while I was gone on Friday, and nobody noticed we were responsible for slides one through nine. But I just did.

Civilization in Mesopotamia
  • Wandering nomads drove herds of domesticated animals, especially to Arabia (on the south of Sumer).
  • Later, Sumer was conquered by the Akkadians (circa 2350 BC). 
    • Akkadian gods took place over Sumerian gods and all people were to worship them.
  • Then, king Hammurabi of Babylon created "Hammurabi's Code"--a series of laws which included "an eye for an eye" and regulations that accounted for marriage, divorce, and punishments for all sorts of crimes.
The Expansion of Mesopotamian Civilization
  • Indo-Europeans: people from the grasslands of the Russian steppe
    • They are responsible for the horse's introduction to the Middle East.
  • A war-like Indo-European tribe that was known as the Hittites settled in Asia Minor.
  • The Hittites had a lucrative trade in metals, conquering nearly all of their neighbors (even including threatening Egypt).

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