Mesopotamian Civilizations AkkadiansAkkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Neo-BabyloniansBabyloniansAssyriansNeo-Babylonians Cool web links! AkkadiansAkkadians, Babylonians,Babylonians AssyriansAssyrians, Neo-BabyloniansNeo-Babylonians Akkadians 2300 BCE Sargon of Akkad Combat strategies Front line: shields Spears through shield wall Destroyed city walls Three-dimensional sculpture Victory Stele Babylonians Hammurabis accomplishments Roads Postal service Irrigation systems maintained Marduk main god Code of Laws Applied to all Different consequences if high status Assyrians Aqueducts Bas-relief Military infamous Advantages: horses and iron weapons (Frey, 56) Conquest through sieges Defeated people moved away from homes Forced conquered to wear leaders severed heads Neo-Babylonians Nebuchadrezzars achievements City safety Walls Chariots drive on wall top Moats Conquered Hebrews Hanging Gardens of Babylon Real? For homesick princess Sources Carr, Dr. Karen. Akkadians.(19 Sept. 2009).http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/akkadians.htm Carr, Dr. Karen. Assyrians.(19 Sept. 2009).http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htm Carr, Dr. Karen. Hammurabi of Babylon.(19 Sept. 2009).http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/hammurabi.htm Carr, Dr. Karen. Neo-Babylonians.(19 Sept. 2009).http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/babylonians.htm Frey, Wendy. History Alive! The Ancient World. Palo Alto: Teachers Curriculum Institute, p