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THE GREAT EMPIRES OF MESOPOTAMIA
WHAT WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FOUR
MESOPOTAMIAN EMPIRES?
The long reign of Sargon began around 2300 BCE…..
✺ Sargon built the first capital city and named it Agade
✺ Sargon assembled a very large army and used military strategies to conquer neighboring cities
✺ Sargon was the first ruler to decree that his sons would rule after him
Hammurabi and his code of laws….
✺ Hammurabi was responsible for writing the first set of laws that everyone needed to follow
✺ Hammurabi’s code covered many situations including trade, marriage, divorce, payment for work and punishment for crimes
✺ Hammurabi made god the Marduk supreme as well as creating roads and postal service.
THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE DID NOT LAST LONG, SOON THE ASSYRIANS
TOOK OVER AND BROUGHT WITH THEM A NEW AGE
The Babylonian empire did not last long, soon the Assyrians took over and brought with them a new age….
✺ One of the Assyrians greatest achievements was their incredibly complex war strategies and their weapons
✺ They were also famous for their invention of the battering ram
✺ When the Assyrian Empire was in it’s prime it stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf
Soon the Babylonians returned and created the neo-Babylonian empire..
✺Nebuchadrezzar was the new ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and he drove the egyptians out of Syria as well as conquering part of Canaan
✺ Nebuchadrezzar rebuilt the capital cities’ Ziggurat as well as creating the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
✺ The Neo-Babylonians created the first sundial