Mesopotamia is know as
and is located in modern day ________
The cradle of civilization; Iraq
When it comes to religion Mesopotamia is:
- Polytheists
- Pious/Religious
- God reacts to them with judgement
The Mesopotamians are…
- Dark
- Pessimistic
- Insecure & confused
Mesopotamian Government…
- Monarchy 2700 BC
Mesopotamian geography..
- Fertile Cresent ⇒ Eastern part
- Frequent unpredictable floods
- Herd & farm there
- Surounded by desert and mountains
Drawbacks of Mesopotamian geography:
- They depended on the floods, but they were unpredicatble
- They couldn’t expand because they were surounded by desert and mountains
- Dangerous nomads lived in the mountains
Assyrian Religion
- Natural human instinct
- Polytheism
- Their story of how mankind fell from Grace is the opposite of Christians ⇒ they say it wasn’t their fault
- Their god is thought of as being like man, and god is in image of man
- Had religious ceremonies
- God not vied to emulate ⇒ he is not good
Things Assyrians created:
- Time measurement we still use today ⇒ sexagesimal, decimal, binary, 24 hour day
- Slavery
- Law- Hammarabi
Assyrian temples were called
Ziggurats
Somethings don’t change
Unchanging nature
Assyrian Government
Decentralized
Sumer & the Sumerians
Time period?
c 3,300 BC - c 5,200 BC
Babylon & the Babylonians
Who was their king? Time period of his rule.
What did he make
Hammurabi
1792 BC- 1750 BC
Hammurabi’s laws
Assyrians
Time period?
C 1000 BC - 612 BC
What were the Assyrians cultural achievements?
Figured out you can write language down
Created a syllabary
Figured out kingship & monarchy 2700 BC
What is a cyllabary?
A collection of symbols that represented a sylabol
What was the Assyrians writing system?
Cuneiform
Religion:
No atheists
