CSU 1111 Meso Politics

Download
Share  Add to  Flag Embed
Views:
 
Category: Entertainment
     
 
License:   All Rights Reserved

Presentation Description

No description available.

Comments

Presentation Transcript

Slide 1: 

Mesopotamian Politics and Society What needs to be done before continuining the presentation? Read Bentley 17-35 Watch videos on Ancient Cities Read Hammurabi Code

Slide 8: 

Mesopotamia c. 3000 BCE Territory in Red

Slide 9: 

Tigris and Euphrates River Basin

Slide 10: 

Tigris and Euphrates River Basin

Slide 11: 

Tigris and Euphrates River Basin

Slide 12: 

Sumerian City of Ur, 3000-­‐2000 BCE, Iraq

Slide 13: 

Sumerian City of Ur, 3000-­‐2000 BCE, Iraq

Slide 14: 

Sumer and Akkad Cities, showing Canals and Irrigation Zones, 3000 BCE, Modern Iraq

Slide 15: 

Gold helmet of Meskalamdug, 2600 BCE British Museum, London Copper Spearhead, c. 2600 BCE Louvre Museum, Paris

Slide 16: 

The Standard of Ur. 2600 BCE British Museum, London

Slide 17: 

Lugal The Standard of Ur, 2600 BCE, British Museum, London

Slide 18: 

The Standard of Ur. 2600 BCE British Museum, London

Slide 19: 

The Standard of Ur. 2600 BCE British Museum, London War Side

Slide 20: 

The Standard of Ur. 2600 BCE British Museum, London Banquet Side

Slide 21: 

Sargon of Akkad 2370?--‐2315? BCE Bust of Sargon of Akkad? Iraqi Museum, Baghdad c. 2300 BCE

Slide 22: 

Sargon of Akkadia’s Empire, 2370--‐2315 BCE

Slide 23: 

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Akkadian Dynasty 2254-2218 BCE Paris, Louvre Museum Stele Commemorates victory over Satuni, king of the Lullubi

Slide 24: 

Hammurabi of Babylon 1795--‐1750 BCE Bust of Hammurabi c. 1780 BCE Paris, Louvre Museum

Slide 25: 

Empire of Hammurabi of Babylon 1795--‐1750 BCE

Slide 26: 

Stele of Hammurabi c. 1780 BCE Paris, Louvre Museum

Slide 27: 

Stele of Hammurabi c. 1780 BCE Paris, Louvre Museum Hammurabi seen here with the God Shamash

Slide 28: 

Stele of Hammurabi c. 1780 BCE Paris, Louvre Museum Details of the Code of Hammurabi in Cuneiform Script